Molly Johnson (writer)

This article is about the Swedish writer. For the Canadian singer, see Molly Johnson.
Molly Johnson
Molly Johnson (c. 1955)
Molly Johnson (c. 1955)
Born24 January 1931
Hofors, Sweden
Died29 November 2016(2016-11-29) (aged 85)
Stockholm, Sweden
SpouseÅke Fredrik Forselius (1950–1983)

Molly Majbritt Emilia Johnson (24 January 1931 – 29 November 2016) was a Swedish novelist from Hofors who was brought up in a working-class family. She made her debut with Pansarkryssaren (The Battleship) when she was just 24. Inspired by Sergei Eisenstein's silent film Battleship Potemkin, it tells the story of a spontaneous rebellion on a ship travelling to an industrial town in Sweden and has been described as a "modern classic". Apart from a children's book in 1956, it took thirty years before she published her second novel Morbror Anders (Uncle Anders) in 1984. Johnson also contributed articles to newspapers and journals.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Forselius, Tilda Maria (8 March 2018). "Molly Majbritt Emilia Johnson". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ^ Jordahl, Anneli (13 December 2016). "Molly Johnson vågade skriva två gånger" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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