Ann-Charlotte Alverfors (23 January 1947 – 20 March 2018) was a Swedish writer.
She was best known for her autobiographical trilogy, which became the basis for a six-episode miniseries, titled ''Sparvöga'' (lit. ''
Sparrow-eye''), in 1989.
The daughter of Tor Alverfors and Margaret Andersson, she was born in
Eksjö
Eksjö is a locality and the seat of Eksjö Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden, with 9,701 inhabitants in 2010.
History
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and was educated at a
folk high school
Folk high schools (also ''adult education center'') are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal. They are most commonly found in Nordic countries and i ...
. In 1972, she published a collection of poetry ''Paternosterhissar''; she published a second collection, ''Jönköping 6'' in 1975. Alverfos authored a trilogy of autobiographical novels: ''Sparvöga'' (1975), ''Hjärteblodet'' (1976) and ''Snabelros'' (1977); the novels formed the basis for a television series. She lived in
Uppsala
Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
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.
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Alverfos was married to professor Arnulf Merker, who died in 2010.]
Selected works
* ''Aldrig'', novel (1993), received the Swedish Trade Union Confederation
The Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( ; literally "The National Organisation in Sweden"), commonly referred to as LO (), is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fourteen Swedish trade unions that organise mainly "blue-c ...
cultural prize and the Martin Koch Prize
* ''Barn av samma ögonblick'', novel (2000)
* ''Vem ska trösta Gösta?'', illustrated novel (2007)
References
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1947 births
2018 deaths
Swedish women poets
Swedish women novelists
People from Eksjö
Writers from Jönköping County
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