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Farnaz Arbabi
Farnaz Arbabi (born 8 November 1977) is a Swedish theatre director, playwright and writer. She has been the creative co-director of Unga Klara since 2014. Biography Early years and education Farnaz Arbabi was born in Teheran, Iran. Her family moved to Sweden when she was two years old, and she grew up in Husby, Stockholm. After their arrival her parents worked as native tongue language teachers. No one in her immediate surroundings worked in creative professions, but when she was eight years old her father entered her in the after school-activities at Kulturskolan, Husby. She joined a youth theatre troupe with a high school friend and soon discovered an affinity for directing, rather than acting. At 19 she wrote the script for and directed her first play ''Nu känns det lite bättre'' ("It feels a bit better now"). During her youth she would frequently go to shows at Unga Klara, and would later credit the theatre with some of here best experiences as an audience member. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farnaz Arbabi In August 2014
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The Emigrants (novel Series)
''The Emigrants'' is the collective name of a series of four novels by the Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg: *'' The Emigrants'' (Swedish: ''Utvandrarna''), 1949 *'' Unto a Good Land'' (title in Swedish: ''Invandrarna'' 'The Immigrants'), 1952 *''The Settlers'' (Swedish: ''Nybyggarna''), 1956 *'' The Last Letter Home'' (title in Swedish: ''Sista brevet till Sverige'' 'The Last Letter to Sweden'), 1959 All the books have been translated into English. The novels are generally considered to be among the best pieces of Swedish literature. Plot The novel-series describes the long and strenuous journey for a party of emigrants from the province of Småland, Sweden, to the United States in 1850, coinciding with the beginning of the first significant wave of immigration to the United States from Sweden. The story focuses primarily on Karl Oskar Nilsson and his wife, Kristina Johansdotter, a young married couple who live with their four small children; Anna, Johan, Lill-Märta, and Harald, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Prize
The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. Prize In the years 1989-1992, the prize was awarded in one general category. Since 1992, the prize has been awarded in the categories Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Children's and Youth Literature. The prize is named after the writer August Strindberg. Selection All Swedish publishers may submit nominations for the award. In each category, a jury shortlists six titles each. These titles are then read and voted on by an assembly of 63 electors, 21 in each category. The electors come from across the country, and comprise booksellers, librarians and literary critics. The books receiving the largest number of votes in each category win the prize. The prizes are handed out at a gala in Stockholm. Winners receive 100,000 Swedish krona The krona (; plural: ''kronor''; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Anyuru
Johannes Anyuru (born 23 March 1979) is a Swedish poet and author. Biography Anyuru was born in Borås. His father is from Uganda and his mother is Swedish. He debuted in 2003 with ''Det är bara gudarna som är nya'' (Only The Gods Are New), a poetry collection. In this collection of poems Anyuru used Homer's epic Iliad as a background and inspiration for the portrayal of immigrant neighborhoods. A place that is often mentioned in his poetry is the area around ''Mörners road'' in Växjö, where Anyuru lived as a child. Reviews of this book linked his style to both older contemporary Swedish poets as Göran Sonnevi or Tomas Tranströmer, and hip hop band The Latin Kings. Anyurus second poetry collection, ''Omega'', is a much more downbeat since it deals with the loss of a close friend to cancer. Anyurus third collection, ''Städerna inuti Hall'' (The Cities Inside Hall) was published in 2009 and describes sad socio-political landscape. His fourth book ''Skulle jag dö under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffan Göthe
Lars ''Staffan'' Göthe (born 20 December 1944, in Luleå), is a Swedish playwright, actor and director.DramaDirectory He is also a professor at Malmö Theatre Academy (Teaterhögskolan i Malmö) at Lund University. He graduated from the Gothenburg Theatre Academy in 1971. In 2001, he was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal. Plays by Göthe have been translated into English, German, Finnish and Estonian. His collected plays (22 out of the 23 works he had produced in the period 1971-2001) was published in 2003 as ''Lysande eländen'' (approx.: "Brilliant Miseries"). List of works Plays In English translation *A Stuffed Dog (Swedish: ''En uppstoppad hund''; original from 1986, translation by Kim Dambæk) - Also filmed (in Swedish) by Sveriges Television in 2006 and broadcast late that year in the newly started high definition channel SVT HD. *One Night in February (Swedish: ''En natt i februari''; original from 1972, translation by Eivor Martinus) *The Crying Policeman ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Cohn
Roy Marcus Cohn (; February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer and prosecutor who came to prominence for his role as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954, when he assisted McCarthy's investigations of suspected communists. In the late 1970s and during the 1980s, he became a prominent political fixer in New York City. He also represented and mentored the real estate developer and later U.S. President Donald Trump during his early business career. Cohn was born in The Bronx in New York City and educated at Columbia University. He rose to prominence as a U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor at the espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, where he successfully prosecuted the Rosenbergs leading to their execution in 1953. As a prosecuting chief counsel during the trials, his reputation deteriorated during the late 1950s to late 1970s after McCarthy's downfall. In 1986, he was disbarred by the Appellate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rickard Wolff
Rickard is both an English surname and a masculine Swedish given name. It is of European origin and it is closely related to the given name Richard and the surnames Rickards and Richards. People with the surname * Bob Rickard (born 1945), founder and editor of the UK magazine ''Fortean Times: The Journal of Strange Phenomena'' *Brenton Rickard, (born 1983), breaststroke swimmer from Australia * Bruce Rickard, (1929–2010), Australian architect and landscape architect *Cliff Rickard, (born 1943), Australian Paralympic athlete, snooker player and table tennis player * Clinton Rickard, (1882–1971), Tuscarora chief known for founding the Indian Defense League, and for promoting Native American sovereignty *Derek Rickard, (born 1947), English footballer * Diana Rickard, (born 1953), Australian competition swimmer * Doug Rickard, (1939–2002), Australian-born space engineer *Edgar Rickard, (1874–1951), mining engineer and lifelong confidant of U.S. President Herbert Hoover *Eva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dramaten
The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The theatre has been at its present location in the Art Nouveau building at Nybroplan, Stockholm, since 1908. The theatre was built by the architect Fredrik Lilljekvist. Famous artists like Carl Milles and Carl Larsson were involved in making the decorations, and some of the interior decorations were made by Prince Eugen. The theatre's acting school, the Royal Dramatic Training Academy, produced many actors and directors who would go on to be famous, including Gustaf Molander (who also taught there), Alf Sjöberg, Greta Garbo, Vera Schmiterlöw, Signe Hasso, Ingrid Bergman, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow, and Bibi Andersson. The school was split off as a separate institution in 1967 (see Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting). Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angels In America
''Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes'' is a two-part play by American playwright Tony Kushner. The work won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play. Part one of the play premiered in 1991, followed by part two in 1992. Its Broadway opening was in 1993. The play is a complex, often metaphorical, and at times symbolic examination of AIDS and homosexuality in America in the 1980s. Certain major and minor characters are supernatural beings (angels) or deceased persons (ghosts). The play contains multiple roles for several actors. Initially and primarily focusing on one gay and one straight couple in Manhattan, the plot has several additional storylines, some of which intersect occasionally. The two parts of the play, ''Millennium Approaches'' and ''Perestroika'', may be presented separately. In 1994, playwright and professor of theater studies John M. Clum called the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Osten
Carlota Suzanne Osten (born 20 June 1944) is a Swedish film director stage director and screenwriter. She won the award for Best Director at the 22nd Guldbagge Awards for the film '' The Mozart Brothers''. Biography Suzanne Osten was born in Stockholm. She is the daughter of toolmaker Karl Otto Osten (1912–1970) and film critic Gerd Osten (born Ekbom), whose frustrating efforts to direct a film in a male-dominated film industry are the subject matter of her daughter Suzanne’s debut film ''Mamma'' (1982). Osten's father was a social democrat and resistance man who came to Sweden when he fled from the Nazi regime in Germany. Her parents were married in 1941 but divorced when Suzanne Osten was little. In 1963, Osten graduated from Viggbyholmsskolan, a high school with a curriculum focused on language and creative subjects, and, after this, she studied art, literature and history at Lund University where she began directing at the university theater. Theater Osten formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagens Nyheter
''Dagens Nyheter'' (, ), abbreviated ''DN'', is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Stockholm and aspires to full national and international coverage, and is widely considered Sweden's newspaper of record. History and profile ''Dagens Nyheter'' was founded by Rudolf Wall in December 1864. The first issue was published on 23 December 1864. During its initial period the paper was published in the morning. In 1874 the paper became a joint stock company. Its circulation in 1880 was 15,000 copies. In the 1890s, Wall left ''Dagens Nyheter'' and soon after, the paper became the organ of the Liberal Party. From 1946 to 1959, Herbert Tingsten was the executive editor. The newspaper is owned by the Bonnier Group since 1909, when Karl Otto Bonnier acquired the remaining shares that his family had not owned (his father Albert had already acquired some shares since 1888). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordfront
Ordfront (lit. ''Word Front'') is a left-oriented Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ... publishing house, established in 1969. Except for the publishing of the magazine ''Ordfront'', the association also organize courses and seminars. In 2006, the organisation had about 15,000 members and 20 local associations. Works * '' Palimpsest'' (2016) Further reading *Burke, Al"All Quieted on the Word Front: Notes on the abuse of power and the stifling of dissent by Swedish 'progressives'" 2005. References External links Ordfront Website Book publishing companies of Sweden Publishing companies established in 1969 1969 establishments in Sweden {{sweden-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
