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| from Clouds
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| Elisabet
Hermodsson |
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Translated
and introduced by Eva Claeson |
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|  Elisabet
Hermodsson (b. 1927) has lived in Uppsala and Fårö for
most of her life. Forced by a knee injury to abandon early
ambitions of becoming a dancer, she grew interested and active
in art, poetry, philosophy and politics. She has published
eight collections of poetry, some half dozen essay collections,
two volumes of prose fiction, four collections of songs and
two musicals. Her paintings have been exhibited in numerous
one-woman shows. In public collections she is represented
at Moderna Museet, the drawing collections of Nationalmuseet,
Statens Kulturråd and in other public buildings.
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Original
Title: Molnsteg
Publisher:
Carlsson bokförlag, 1994, 127 pages. ISBN: 9177988167
Elisabet Hermodsson writes: “...In our modern world
(we) human beings have lost the connection, the great creative
connection of (our) lives with nature. A society which denies
its kinship with nature, which does not feel respect or reverence
for the intrinsic value of nature, denies also the value
of human beings. Poetry and art are roads to the understanding
of life and to a feeling of wholeness. Poetry and art provide
us with the essence of existence. Poetry and art are the
rites – the ceremonies with which we can save the world.”
Eva Claeson’s translations from Molnsteg (Clouds,
Carlsson Bokförlag 1994) form part of her collection “Joy
and Misery in the Lives of Contemporary Swedish Women Poets”,
on which she has been working for some years. The (provisional)
title is derived from a line in a poem by Margareta Ekström,
included in the collection.
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Ikaros med två bröst (Icarus
with Two Breasts, 1994) |
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Turning Away from Technology:
A New Vision for the 21st Century (edited
by Stephanie Mills, 1997) |
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...där världen blir
till (...where the World is Born, 2000, critical
essays) |
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| Contents of the 2003:1
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