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Ellen Wester
1860–1936
A Swedish novelist, translator, and women's suffrage activist, she brought a wide range of interests to a small but distinctive body of work. Her fiction moved from medieval settings to satire and historical themes, giving readers a glimpse of both imagination and sharp social observation.
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Kaksitoista kuukautta
by Ellen Wester
About the author
Born in Sölvesborg in 1860 and later dying in Lund in 1936, she was a Swedish author, translator, and advocate for women's suffrage. She studied in Stockholm and Uppsala, and her writing life was shaped by both literary interests and public engagement.
She made her fiction debut in 1900 with Frideswidas krönika. Her published work was not large, but it was varied: it included the satirical story collection De slutna händerna och andra berättelser and the novels Anna Elisabet Lindon and Paracelsus i Stockholm.
Alongside her own books, she also worked as a translator. That combination of creative writing, intellectual range, and civic commitment helps explain why she remains an interesting figure in Swedish literary history.