Tora Dahl
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 9 June 1886
Died | 30 January 1982 | (aged 95)
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation | Teacher and novelist |
Awards | Dobloug Prize (1975) |
Tora Armida Dahl (9 June 1886 – 30 January 1982) was a Swedish teacher and novelist. She was married to literary critic . Among her novels is Fosterbarn from 1954.[1] She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1975.[2]
Personal life[]
Dahl was born in Stockholm on 9 June 1896, a daughter of architect Theodor Dahl and baker Emma Nilsdotter, and grew up with a foster mother in Nacka until the age of 11, when she moved to live with her mother. In 1914 she married , who initially could live of his inheritance from his father, and eventually became a literary critic. She died on 9 January 1982.[3]
References[]
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Tora Armida Dahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Doblougprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ Larsson, Lisbeth. "Tora Armida Dahl". skbl.se. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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Categories:
- 1886 births
- 1982 deaths
- 20th-century Swedish novelists
- Dobloug Prize winners
- Swedish women novelists
- 20th-century Swedish women writers
- Swedish autobiographers
- Swedish writer stubs