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Maria (Marika) Sofia Alexandra Stiernstedt, (12 January 1875 – 25 October 1954) was a Swedish author and artist.
Maria (Marika) Sofia Alexandra Stiernstedt, född 12 januari 1875 i Stockholm, död 25 oktober 1954 i Finja, Tyringe kommun, var en svensk författare. Biografi. Stiernstedt föddes som katolik och förblev det livet ut.
Marika Stiernstedt is a leading name among twentieth century women writers of novels of disillusion: she believes women should seek fulfilment from a new identity as women employed outside the home instead of within marriage.
Marika Stiernstedt was a highly productive and much-loved author of the first half of the twentieth century. She was the first female chair of Sveriges Författareförening (Swedish Writers’ Association). Marika Stiernstedt grew up within an upper-class environment in Uppsala.
- January 12, 1875
- October 25, 1954
Marika Stiernstedt has 29 books on Goodreads with 75 ratings. Marika Stiernstedt’s most popular book is Ullabella.
M (Marika) A S Stiernstedt. Född:1875-01-12 – Stockholms katolska församling, Stockholms län. Död:1954-10-25 – Finja församling, Kristianstads län. Författare, Journalist, Filantrop.
Marika Stiernstedt wrote almost twenty novels and was a well-known author and for a time also chairman of the Swedish Writers’ Association. She debuted in 1894 but first made her breakthrough with “Ullabella” (1922), a groundbreaking portrait of a young, motherless girl.
