Eva Brag (1829–1913) was a Swedish journalist, writer and poet.

Biography

She was born to Jonas Brag, professor at the

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

. She was given a high education at home and studied Latin, French and English and visited Great Britain and France. She was not allowed to study at the university, because university studies were closed to women until 1870, which affected her badly. She was employed as a journalist at '' Göteborgsposten'' in 1864–1865 and ''

Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning ''Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning'' (GHT) was a daily newspaper published in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 1832 to 1985. History and profile ''Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning'' was founded in 1832 by publisher Magnus Prytz and had ...

'' in 1865–1889, where she wrote political articles and literary reviews and functioned as temporary chief editor during the absence of the regular chief editor, the progressive

Sven Adolf Hedlund Sven Adolf Hedlund (24 February 1821 – 16 September 1900), also known as S. A. Hedlund, was a Swedish newspaper publisher and politician. He was editor-in-chief of ''Göteborgs Handels- och sjöfartstidning'' and served as a Member of the ...

. Initially her media career was almost unique at the time and made her one of the first in the pioneer generation of women journalists in Swedish media. She always wrote under pseudonym. She was also active within the

Gothenburg's Women's Association Gothenburg Women's Association () was the first women's organisation active in Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city. It was active from 1884 to 1891. It published the radical magazine '' Framåt'' (Forward). Göteborgs Kvinnoförening was fou ...

and participated in ''Framåt'', the organ of the association. She was awarded by the

Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg (, abbreviated KVVS and often known simply as ''Samhället'') is a Swedish Royal Academy. Its predecessor was founded in Gothenburg in 1773 and the academy took its present name in 1778. The sam ...

for her poetry in 1857.

Selected works

# Brag, Eva (1858). ''Sigurd och Brynhilda: episkt försök efter Völsungasagan.'' öteborg# Brag, Eva (1864). ''Den nordamerikanska frågan'', Stockholm: Bonnier. # Brag, Eva (1868). ''Sjelfviskhetens offer'', Göteborg. # Brag Eva (1860). ''Liten Elins julafton i fjor och i år: tvenne sånger på en bekant melodi ; tillegnade ej blott alla fattiga barn, utan också alla fattigvårds- och folkskolestyrelser'', Göteborg. # Brag, Eva (1881). ''Öfverstens arfvingar''. Göteborg

Sources

* Svensk uppslagsbok. Malmö 1939. * Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare. Lund: Signum 1990. () * Brag, släkt, urn:sbl:18030, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, hämtad 2015-11-14. * Heggestad, Eva: Kritik och kön. 1880-talets kvinnliga kritiker och exemplet Eva Brag. Samlaren. Tidskrift för svensk litteraturvetenskaplig forskning. Årgång 115 1994. Svenska Litteratursällskapet.

Biography

Selected works

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