About Victoria Benedictsson
Victoria Benedictsson (6 March 1850 in Domme – 22 July 1888) was a Swedish author and playwright writing under the pen name Ernst Ahlgren. Despite her writing career being relatively short, she is, together with August Strindberg, regarded as one of the greatest proponents of the Swedish realist writing style and an important part of the Modern Breakthrough. In her novels she mainly depicts marriage problems and current women's issues, with notable works including Pengar (1885; Money) and Fru Marianne (1887; Mrs. Marianne). Her friend Ellen Key, who wrote the first biography on Benedictsson, found reasons in her contradictory character and social vulnerability. In 1882, Victoria Benedictsson fell ill with a bone disease and became bedridden.
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