Som en eld över askan: Edith Södergrans Fotografier

by Edith Södergran

Swedish

Genres: Photography, Poetry

149 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Edith Irene Södergran was a Swedish-speaking Finnish 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. She was 31 years old.

Reviews

[Anneli Renfors]

Jos jotain haluaa lukea Edith Södergranin elämästä, kannattaa lukea tämä. Tässä on otteita Edithin saamista arvosteluista ja kirjeenvaihdosta muidenkin kuin Hagar Olssonin kanssa. Ja kuvat kertovat paljon. Vahva tuo nainen on ollut sairaudestaan, köyhyydestään ja saamistaan kammottavista nöyryytyksistä huolimatta.