Brita von Horn explained

Brita von Horn should not be confused with Brita Horn.

Brita von Horn
Birth Name:Brita Clara Alice Augusta Florence von Horn
Birth Date:1886 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation:Novelist, dramatist, director, theatre leader

Brita Clara Alice Augusta Florence von Horn (1 April 1886 – 14 February 1983) was a Swedish novelist, dramatist, director and theatre leader.[1] She worked in the theatre scene in Stockholm and published several books.

Career

von Horn was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the daughter of chamberlain Henning von Horn and baroness Florence Bonde.[2] She was the aunt of major general Carl von Horn and colonel Jan von Horn. von Horn started several theatrical groups and was the first person to stage a play by Anton Chekhov in Sweden.[3] In the early 1930s she started the Theater at Sveavägen, which however went bankrupt after only a few years.[4] In 1940, she was a co-founder with Vilhelm Moberg and Helge Hagerman of the Dramatist Studio of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges dramatikers studio, Dramatikerstudion).[5] The studio's first two plays were Ebbe Linde's Brudsporre and Dicte Sjögren's Pappersväggen.[6] [7]

As a writer, von Horn made her debut in 1912 with Lucrezia, subtitled "a drama from the days of the Renaissance in three acts".[1] [8] In 1917 her play Kring drottningen had its premiere at the Swedish Theatre with Pauline Brunius and Gösta Ekman in the lead roles.[9] [10] It was a success and launched her reputation. The first-ever broadcast by the Radio Theatre division of Sveriges Radio was of her play Kungens amour, broadcast on 11 January 1925.[11] Between 1930 and 1941 she was a drama critic for the newspapers Östergötlands Dagblad and Arbetet. She also wrote articles and gave lectures throughout her life.

With Elsa Collin, a close friend with whom she shared a residence for a time and who was also involved in the Dramatist Studio, von Horn co-wrote a play for the group based on her book Aschebergskan på Wittskövle.[12] However, the piece did not receive its first performance until 1944, some years after Collin's death, when it was first performed by the Dramatist Studio and shortly after as Ingmar Bergman's inaugural production at the Helsingborg City Theatre.[13]

Von Horn died in 1983 a few months short of her 97th birthday.[14]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Svenskt författarlexikon: biobibliografisk handbok till Sveriges moderna litteratur. [1], 1900-1940 ]. Åhlén . Bengt . Fries . Carl-Thore . 1942 . Rabén & Sjögren . Stockholm . sv . 333 . 13 July 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001900/http://runeberg.org/sfl/1/0333.html . live .
  2. Book: 1976 . Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 . Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977 . Stockholm . Norstedt . Swedish . 91-1-766022-X . 457 . 22 April 2023 . 25 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180725153543/http://runeberg.org/vemardet/1977/0477.html . live .
  3. Web site: Magnus . Ljunggren . Tjechovs långa väg till svenska hjärtan . sv . . 5 June 2005 . 13 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140717170659/http://www.svd.se/kultur/tjechovs-langa-vag-till-svenska-hjartan_427927.svd . 17 July 2014 .
  4. Book: Tiden: månadsskrift för socialistisk kritik och politik . 1931 . Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti . Stockholm . sv . 41 . 13 July 2014 . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714133142/http://runeberg.org/tiden/1931/0043.html . live .
  5. News: Per Arne . Tjäder . Teaterns siste mohikan . sv . . 16 September 2009 . 13 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714134800/http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.133889-teaterns-siste-mohikan?m=print . 14 July 2014.
  6. Web site: Böcker: Film & Teater, 26 001 annonser . Bokborsen.se . 13 July 2014 . Swedish . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714152706/http://www.bokborsen.se/page-start?issearch=1&maincat=1&scat=44&sorder=4&cpage=185 . live .
  7. Web site: Teatermannen Ingmar Bergman . Ingmarbergman.se . 13 July 2014 . Swedish . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164422/http://ingmarbergman.se/sida/teatermannen-ingmar-bergman-76 . live.
  8. Book: Horn, Brita von . Lucrezia: Drama från renässansens dagar i tre akter . Svenska teatern, 99-1250025-3 ; 334 . 1912 . Bonnier . Stockholm . sv . 682793999 . 22 April 2023 . 22 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230422081319/https://books.google.com/books?id=r3s8AQAAIAAJ . live .
  9. Web site: Kring drottningen : Drama i tre akter . . 13 July 2014 . Swedish . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181725/http://libris.kb.se/bib/1653543 . live .
  10. Web site: Från Intiman till Intiman Privatteatrarna och den nya scenen . Stockholmskallan.se . 13 July 2014 . Swedish . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213022/http://www.stockholmskallan.se/PostFiles/SMF/SD/SSMB_0005808_01.pdf . live .
  11. Web site: Kungens amour av Brita von Horn – Radioteatern . . 22 September 2004 . 13 July 2014 . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20140218233546/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=965&artikel=475894 . 18 February 2014 . dead.
  12. Web site: Fredrik . Tersmeden . Elsa Collin – den första kvinnan på spexscenen (och mycket mer) . . June 2014 . 13 July 2014 . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20160204225206/http://utskick.lu.se/b.aspx?vi=12&vid=233&pli=bcf80bbe-3ad0-4ca0-a1f0-cea5c4251470&r=23229&ucrc=13E82EB2 . 4 February 2016 . dead.
  13. Book: Steene, Birgitta . Ingmar Bergman: a reference guide . 2005 . Amsterdam University Press . Amsterdam . 9789053564066 . 415.
  14. Web site: Genealogi, Horn, Brita von . Stockholms bibliotek . 13 July 2014 . sv . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163848/https://biblioteket.stockholm.se/sok/topic/Genealogi;Horn,%20Brita%20von%20:%201886-1983 . live .

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