Trotzig, Birgitta (1929–)
Trotzig, Birgitta (1929–)
Swedish novelist and literary critic. Born Birgitta Kjellén in 1929 in Göteborg, Sweden; m. Ulf Trotzig (an artist); children.
Studied literature and art history, then worked as an art critic; at 22, published novel Ur de älskandes liv (From the Lives of the Lovers, 1951), followed by Bilder (Images, 1954); became firmly established with De utsatta (The Exposed, 1957); also wrote En berättelse från kusten (A Tale from the Coast, 1961); lived with husband and children in Paris (1954–69), where she converted from her childhood Protestantism to Catholicism, a turning point in light of her growing preoccupation with the spiritual well-being of characters in later writing; published Levande och döda (The Living and the Dead, 1964), Sveket (The Betrayal, 1966) and Sjukdomen (The Sickness, 1972), as well as collected essays in Ordgränser (Word Limits, 1968) and Jaget och världen (The Ego and the World, 1977).
See also Women in World History.