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August Blanche
1811–1868
A lively voice in 19th-century Swedish literature, he wrote fiction, plays, and journalism with a sharp eye for city life and public debate. His work helped make him a well-known cultural and political figure in Stockholm.
10 Audiobooks
Koston henki: Romaani
by August Blanche
Sonen af söder och nord. Förra delen Romantisk skildring från revolutionen i Paris 1848
by August Blanche
Novelleja ja kertomuksia I
by Minna Canth, August Blanche, Camille Dehas, Emilie Tegtmeyer
Kuljeksiva teatteriseura: Kaksinäytöksinen ilveily lauluineen
by August Blanche
Sonen af söder och nord. Sednare delen Romantisk skildring från revolutionen i Paris 1848
by August Blanche
1868 ja 1968: Leikkikuvailus lauluilla kahdessa näytöksessä
by August Blanche
Rikas eno: Laulunsekainen huvinäytelmä kahdessa näytöksessä
by August Blanche
Lemmen näyttelijätär: Romantillinen kuvaelma
by August Blanche
Kalle Saukko
by August Blanche
Väriä ja viivoja: Werner von Heidenstamin, Oscar Levertinin y.m. novelleja
by Verner von Heidenstam, Victoria Benedictsson, Henning Berger, August Blanche, Karl-Erik Forsslund, Knut Hamsun, Oscar Levertin, Pelle Molin, Hjalmar Söderberg, August Strindberg
About the author
Born in Stockholm in 1811, August Blanche became known as a Swedish journalist, novelist, and playwright whose writing often mixed humor, social observation, and strong opinions. He studied law, but literature and public life drew him in another direction.
Blanche wrote for newspapers and magazines as well as the stage, and he built a reputation as an energetic, outspoken figure in Swedish cultural life. His stories and comedies were especially noted for their vivid sense of everyday urban life and their attention to social issues.
He was also active in politics and served in the Swedish parliament during the 1860s. Blanche died in Stockholm in 1868, but he remains remembered as one of the distinctive literary and public voices of his era.