Birgitta Trotzig Author

Birgitta Trotzig (1929-2011)was born in Gothenburg. After marrying artist and sculptor Ulf Trotzig in 1949, and becoming involved in the lively community of the Valand School of Fine Arts, she moved first to Italy then Paris from 1955 to 1969. One of Sweden's most celebrated authors of fiction, prose poetry and essays on art and politics, she was the recipient of numerous literary prizes, she was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1993. Trotzig died in Lund in 2011.