Ebba Witt-Brattström
Ebba Witt-Brattström | |
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 1 June 1953
Occupation(s) | Professor of Nordic Literature, Helsinki University |
Spouse(s) | Horace Engdahl (1989–2014) Ola Holmgren (1977–1982) |
Ebba Witt-Brattström (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɛ̂bːa ˈvɪtː ˈbrâtːstrœm]; born 1 June 1953) is a Swedish scholar in comparative literature.[1] She is Professor of Literature and head of department at Södertörn University outside Stockholm,[1] and a well-known feminist.
Witt-Brattström completed her
Witt-Brattström was the Dag Hammarskjöld Visiting Professor at the Department for Northern European Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 2008.[2] From 2012 she is Professor of Nordic Literature at Helsinki University.
In the 1970s she was a member of the feminist organisation
Between 1989 and 2014 Ebba Witt-Brattström was married to Horace Engdahl, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. They have three sons. She also has an older son from an earlier marriage.
Both her parents came to Sweden as refugees during the Second World War. Her father was a German anti-Nazi from a relatively affluent family, while her mother was an Estonian from a poor peasant's family. Her parents divorced early, and she grew up with her mother.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ebba Witt-Brattström". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ HU Berlin personal web page "Ebba Witt-Brattström — Portal". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-05-27.