Marianne Fredriksson

(1927–2007) Novelist Sweden

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Marianne Fredriksson was a novelist from Sweden, best known for Hanna's daughters.

Quick Facts About Marianne Fredriksson

Born: March 28, 1927
Died: February 11, 2007
Nationality: Sweden
Profession: Novelist
Notable works: Hanna's daughters

About Marianne Fredriksson

Marianne Fredriksson was a Swedish author who worked and lived in Roslagen and Stockholm. Before becoming a novelist, she was a journalist for various Swedish newspapers and magazines, including Svenska Dagbladet.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Publieksprijs voor het Nederlandse Boek Author of the Year

Quotes by Marianne Fredriksson

Dreams burst like bubbles in the wind. But change takes time.When people fall in love and lose the overwhelming desire for it…

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Bubbles

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She had realized there are only fragments, that 'memories' always consist of fragments the mind puts together into a pattern, adapts a…

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Children

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The mind can ask all the questions on the meaning of life. But it cannot answer one of them, for the answers…

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Answers

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“The years came and went, the children came and left. The worst of getting old is not tiredness and aches and pains,…

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Ache

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When our patterns are threatened by new facts, reason is seldom the victor: 'I know what I think, so don't go confusing…

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Confusing

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“...anyone expecting injustice does not keep a collection of injustices.”

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Justice

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I recognized everything, the waterfall and the lakes, the trees and paths. But they had forgotten me. That was bitter and I…

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Bitter

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