Märta Tikkanen

Märta Cavonius, who signs as Märta Tikkanen, was born in Helsinki on 3 April 1935, the daughter of Professor Gösta Cavonius. A graduate of the University of Helsinki in 1958, she was a journalist at Hufvudstadsbladet from 1956 to 1961, taught Swedish, then from 1972 to 1980 directed the Swedish Workers' Institute of Helsinki. Married first to Leif Ginman, in 1963 she married the writer and illustrator Henrik Tikkanen, with whom she had four children. In 1979 she received the Nordic Women's Literature Prize.

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• PoetryThe Love Story of the CenturyÅrhundradets kärlekssagaMärta Tikkanen · 1978Literature