Carola Hansson-Boëthius (born 7 September 1942) is a Swedish novelist, dramatist and translator.
Biography Born in Stockholm, Carola Hansson studied Russian and history of art and literature at Uppsala University. Together with Karin Lindén, she authored her first work in 1980, Samtal med kvinnor i Moskva, translated into English as Moscow Women: Thirteen Interviews, published in 1983.
Hansson's first novel, Det drömda barnet (The Dream Child) was published in 1983, presenting the feelings of fear and longing she experienced in childhood and which typify her later works, especially Pojken från Jerusalem (1986), De två trädgårdarna (1989) and Resan till det blå huset (1991). She became widely recognized in 1994 with Andrej, a novel about the Tolstoy family, which was well received by the critics. Her most recent work, Med ett namn som mitt (With a Name like Mine, 2009), follows on from Andrej in an episode based on a meeting between the author and someone who claims to have known Tolstoy's son, Ilya Tolstoy.
Bibliography Samtal med kvinnor i Moskva 1980 (non-fiction, authored together with Karin Lidén) Kvinnan och Ryssland 1981 (non-fiction with Karin Lidén) Det drömda barnet, novel, 1983 Stilleben i vitt, novel, 1985 Pojken från Jerusalem, novel, 1987 De två trädgårdarna, novel, 1989 Resan till det blå huset, novel, 1991 Steinhof, novel, 1997, Den älskvärde, novel. 2000 Mästarens dröm, novel, 2005 Leo Tolstoy's family trilogy: Andrej, novel, 1994 Med ett namn som mitt, 2009 Masja, 2015
Awards Hansson has received several awards including the Swedish Radio Novel Prize in 1995 and the Dobloug Prize in 2006.
References
External links Carola Hansson's website