Karin Smirnov or Smirnoff (; 26 February 1880 – 10 May 1973) was a Finno-Swedish writer. She was the daughter of

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. Smirnov was a

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; she married

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. She wrote plays and also books about her mother and father, and their marriage. She lived in Finland from 1893 to 1918 and in Sweden from 1918 onwards. Karin och Wladimir Smirnoff 1949

Works

* ''Under ansvar'' (1915) * ''Vårbrytning'' (1915) * ''Makter'' (1922) * ''Ödesmärkt'' (1923) * ''Riddaren och jungfrun'' (1924) * ''Strindbergs första hustru iri von Essen' (1925) * ''En tvetydig historia'' (1927) * ''Första akten'' (1930) * ''Bröderna i Vidala kloster'' (1940) * ''Systrarna i Nådendals kloster. 1'' (by Hannes Bernson, 1948) * ''Systrarna i Nådendals kloster. 2'' (by Hannes Bernson, 1949) * ''Så var det i verkligheten'' (1956)

References

Finnish writers in Swedish Swedish-speaking Finns 1880 births 1973 deaths Strindberg family {{Finland-writer-stub