Edith Södergran’s hidden multilingualism

Edith Södergran’s hidden multilingualism

The poet Edith Södergran (1892–1923) is one of the most well-known Swedish-language modernist writers, whose special language use continues to intrigue and fascinate readers even today.

Sabira Ståhlberg discusses multilingual aspects in the chapter Meine lieben fellow-pupils: Edith Södergran’s Hidden Multilingualism, in Hidden Multilingualism in 19th-Century European Literature edited by Jana-Katharina Mende (De Gruyter 2023; Open Access).

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