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Johanna "Jeanette" Charlotta Granberg (19 October 1825 – 2 April 1857), also known by her married name ''Stjernström'' and by the
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Johanna "Jeanette" Charlotta Granberg (19 October 1825 – 2 April 1857), also known by her married name ''Stjernström'' and by the pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ...
of ''Georges Malméen'', was a Swedish writer, a playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just
Readin ...
, a feminist
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...
and a translator
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''trans ...
, who wrote plays for mainly the theatre Mindre teatern
Mindre teatern (''The Smaller Theatre''), Nya teatern (''The New Theatre''), Lindeberska teatern (''The Lindeberg Theatre''), was a Swedish theatre at Kungsgatan in Stockholm, active 1842–1863. The building was used as localities for the Royal ...
in Stockholm in the mid-19th century. She was praised as a great dramatic by her contemporaries.
Biography
Jeanette was born child of the writer and actor Per Adolf Granberg. She was the sister of playwright and theatre directorLouise Granberg
Louise Elisabeth Granberg (29 October 1812 – 28 December 1907) was a Swedish playwright, translator and theatre director.
Granberg was born in Stockholm, the daughter of the actor and writer Per Adolf Granberg and Jeanetta Vilhelmina Hedmans ...
.
From 1849 and forward, she was active as a translator and a writer of plays for the theatre. She debuted with the play ''Filantropen'' in 1847 and several of her plays were performed in the 1850-51 season.
Among her more known plays were ''Läsarepresten'', a play in four acts, ''Fyra dagar af konung Gustaf III:s lefnad'', a historical play in four acts, and ''Tidningsskrifvaren'', a play in five acts, all of which were performed in the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
. She did not only write alone, but also together with her sister, Louise Granberg
Louise Elisabeth Granberg (29 October 1812 – 28 December 1907) was a Swedish playwright, translator and theatre director.
Granberg was born in Stockholm, the daughter of the actor and writer Per Adolf Granberg and Jeanetta Vilhelmina Hedmans ...
. Both siblings used male pseudonyms, Jeanette wrote under the name ''Georges Malméen''. She made great successes with her plays in 1855 and 1857. In ''Läsareprästen''(The vicar), she criticized religious fanaticism in her story about a priest who takes power in a community before the monarch and the people drive him out and reform the society, and in ''Hos oss eller en motbild till Onkel Toms stuga'' (At our place or a likeness to Uncle Tom's cabin), she treats the subject of poverty and charity. She was well known to be the author of her plays, but her name was not usually on the posting for the play, as this was considered to be unsuitable for her gender.
Personal life
In 1854, she married the actorEdvard Stjernström
Carl Edvard Stjernström (11 October 1816 – 10 February 1877) was a Swedish stage actor and theater director.
In 1833, he was accepted as a student at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. From 1842 to 1850, he was employed at Nya Teatern. He was th ...
, founder of the Swedish Theatre (Stockholm)
The Swedish Theatre (Swedish language, Swedish: ''Svenska Teatern'' or ''"Svenskan"'') in Stockholm was, at the beginning of the 20th century, Sweden's largest dramatic theatre. It was located on Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. During its year ...
. She died three years after. After her death, her husband married her sister, Louise Granberg who continued as a playwright and eventually became director of the Swedish Theatre. Jeanette Granberg was considered a great dramatic talent and expected to become one of the greatest within her profession, and her death before the age of 32 was seen as a great loss for her profession.
See also
*Alfhild Agrell
Alfhild Teresia Agrell (14 January 1849 – 8 November 1923) was a Swedish writer and playwright. She is known for her works on sexual equality in opposition to the contemporary sexual double standard, and as such a participator in the famous ...
References
Other sources
* Alf Henrikson: Fram till NybroplanAnteckningar om svenska qvinnor
Further reading
*Related reading
* Österberg, Carin et al (1990) ''Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare'' (Lund: Signum) () * Lars Löfgren (2003) ''Svensk teater'' (Stockholm: Natur & Kultur) * Georg Nordensvan: ''Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Andra bandet 1842-1918'' (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag) {{DEFAULTSORT:Granberg, Jeanette Swedish women dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Swedish dramatists and playwrights 1825 births 1857 deaths 19th-century Swedish women writers Translators to Swedish Pseudonymous women writers 19th-century Swedish journalists 19th-century Swedish translators 19th-century pseudonymous writers 19th-century Swedish women journalists