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Edith Södergran
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born
April 04, 1892
died
June 24, 1923
gender
female
place of birth
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
genre
Poetry
about this author
Edith Irene Södergran was a Finland-Swedish poet.
Södergran was born in St Petersburg in 1892. In 1907, Edith's father died from tuberculosis and in the following year, Edith was also diagnosed with the disease. She was sent to a sanatorium, but did not feel at ease there. The feelings of captivity caused by the disease and the sanatorium are a recurring theme in her poetry.
In October 1911, Edith and her mother traveled to Arosa in Switzerland where Edith was examined by different doctors. After a few months, she was transferred to the Davos-Dorf sanatorium. In May 1912, her condition had improved enough for her to return home. Eventually, the disease returned and Edith Södergran died in 1923 in her home in Raivola...more
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Love & Solitude: Selected Poems 1916-1923 (International Poetry Series, No 1) by Edith Södergran avg rating 4.14 — 14 ratings — published 1916 4 editions |
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Complete Poems by Edith Södergran avg rating 4.20 — 10 ratings — published 1977 5 editions |
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Dikter och aforismer (Samlade skrifter 1) by Edith Södergran avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 1990 |
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The Poet Who Created Herself: The Selected Letters of Edith Sodergran (Series a (Norvik Press), No. 18.) by Edith Södergran avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2001 |
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De Mooiste van Edith Södergran by Edith Södergran avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2002 |
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Elamani, kuolemani ja kohtaloni: Kootut runot by Edith Södergran avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1995 |
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Septemberlyran by Edith Södergran avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings |
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سرزمینی Ú©Ù‡ وجود ندارد by Edith Södergran, نامدار ناصر avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1999 |
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AntologÃa poética by Edith Södergran avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1992 |
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Poems by Edith Södergran avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1994 |
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"My self-confidence comes from the fact that I have discovered my own dimensions. It does not behoove me to make myself smaller than I am."
— Edith Södergran
— Edith Södergran
"Love
My soul was a light-blue gown, sky-coloured;
I left it on a cliff by the sea
and naked I came to you, resembling a woman.
And like a woman I sat at your table
and drank a toast with wine and breathed in the scent of several roses.
You found me beautiful, resembling something you'd seen dreaming,
I forgot everything, I forgot my childhood and my homeland,
I knew only that your caresses held me captive.
And, smiling, you took up a mirror and bade me look.
I saw that my shoulders were made of dust and crumbled away,
I saw that my beauty was sick and had no desire other than to - disappear.
Oh, hold me close in your arms, so tightly that I need nothing."
— Edith Södergran (Poems)
My soul was a light-blue gown, sky-coloured;
I left it on a cliff by the sea
and naked I came to you, resembling a woman.
And like a woman I sat at your table
and drank a toast with wine and breathed in the scent of several roses.
You found me beautiful, resembling something you'd seen dreaming,
I forgot everything, I forgot my childhood and my homeland,
I knew only that your caresses held me captive.
And, smiling, you took up a mirror and bade me look.
I saw that my shoulders were made of dust and crumbled away,
I saw that my beauty was sick and had no desire other than to - disappear.
Oh, hold me close in your arms, so tightly that I need nothing."
— Edith Södergran (Poems)
