Inger Maria Alfvén (24 February 1940 – 26 July 2022)Författaren Inger Alfvén död was a Swedish author and sociologist from Solna in Stockholm County.
Biography Alfvén became a sociologist in 1964 and worked as a counselor.
Her books depict existential and moral conflicts such as inherited gender roles, love, lifelong friendship, and loneliness. She had her big breakthrough with the novel S/Y Glädjen in 1979.
In 2002, Alfvén made her debut as a playwright with the play The Rainbow's Root (Regnbågens rot), which is about three sisters' lives and development during the last decades of the last century.
Her books consisted often of what moves through human consciousness.
Family Alfvén was married for the first time in 1962–1980 to medical licentiate Mikael von Heijne (born 1941), the second time from 1985 to 1991 to the author Lars-Olof Franzén (born 1936), and the third time from 1993 to the psychiatrist Johan Cullberg (born 1934).
She was the daughter of physics professor and Nobel laureate Hannes Alfvén and a grandniece of composer Hugo Alfvén.
Works
Writing
1964 – Vinbergssnäckan 1969 – Tusentals äpplen 1971 – Lena-Bell 1972 – Ta ner månen 1976 – Städpatrullen 1977 – Dotter till en dotter 1979 – S/Y Glädjen (filmed in 1989) 1981 – Arvedelen 1984 – Ur kackerlackors levnad 1986 – Lyckans galosch 1989 – Judiths teater (also filmed as a TV series, Judith) 1992 – Elefantens öga 1992 – Kvinnornas svarta bok 1992 – Sex kvinnors lusta 1994 – En moder har fyra döttrar 1997 – Berget dit fjärilarna flyger för att dö 1998 – När jag tänker på pengar 1999 – Det blå skåpet 2002 – Någon kom i båten (written and filmed in 2002 as Vier Töchter) 2004 – Livets vatten 2006 – Mandelkärnan 2009 – När förnuftet sover 2012 – Allt vi aldrig gjorde med varandra 2015 – Berör mig inte, berör mig 2019 – Tvilling
Producing 2011 – When God Is Watching Us
Awards 1978 – TCO Culture Prize 2001 – Signe Ekblad-Eldh Prize 2006 – The Nine Special Prize Society 2012 – Moa Prize 2012 – Eric and Ingrid Lilliehöök's scholarship
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