Elin Améen

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| pseudonym = EA, Elisa, Lina and Mn

| birth_date = {{birth date|1852|7|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Karlskrona, Sweden

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1913|6|17|1852|7|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden

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Elin Améen ({{Birth date|1852|7|22|df=yes}}{{Spaced en dash}}{{Death date|1913|6|17|df=yes}}) was a Swedish author.{{cite book |last1=Leijonhufvud |first1=Sigrid |title=Svenskt porträttgalleri: FÖRFATTARE XV |date=1900 |publisher=Hasse W. Tullbergs Boktryceri |page=7 |url=https://archive.org/details/svensktportrttg08hildgoog/page/n22/mode/2up?q=%22Elin+Ameen%22 |access-date=10 December 2021}}

Biography

Améen was born in 1852 in Karlskrona to Vilhelmina and Georg Améen, as one of three children, having two brothers. Her father Georg was a prominent government official and publisher. Améen made her writing debut in 1885 with short stories published in the book {{Lang|sv|Träldom och andra berättelser och skisser}} (Bondage and other stories and sketches) published by the Albert Bonniers company, though it did not sell well. Despite the poor sales of her book, she was appointed to the new women's cultural organisation Sällskapet Nya Idun (The New Idun Society), a women's counterpart to the men's club Sällskapet Idun (The Idun Society).{{cite web |title=Historik |url=https://nyaidun.se/historik-3/ |website=Sällskapet Nya Idun |access-date=10 December 2021}}

In 1891 Améen's first successful work, {{Lang|sv|Lifsmål}} (Life Goals), a collection of stories and sketches, was published. {{Lang|sv|Lifsmål}} included the short story {{Lang|sv|Befriad}} (Freed) which was also published in the magazine {{Interlanguage link|Ur dagens krönika|sv}}. {{Lang|sv|Befriad}} was later turned into a successful play in English called Alan's Wife by the American actress Elizabeth Robins, which Améen had translated back into Swedish and staged eventually at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm. Améen subsequently wrote the collections {{Lang|sv|Frihet}} (Freedom), {{Lang|sv|"Bergtagen" och andra berättelser och skisser}} ("Bergtagen" and other stories and sketches), Margareta, {{Lang|sv|En sommardröm}} (A summer dream), {{Lang|sv|En sommarsaga}} (A summer story), {{Lang|sv|Grevinnan Dora}} (Countess Dora), and {{Lang|sv|Skilsmässa}} (Divorce). Améen was also published extensively in the Swedish press under the pen names EA, Elisa, Lina and Mn.{{cite web |last1=Furuland |first1=Gunnel |title=Elin Améen |url=https://www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/ElinAmeen |website=Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon |publisher=Swe-Clarin |access-date=10 December 2021 |date=18 March 2018}}

Améen suffered ill health for most of her life, particularly in her final decade. She died in Stockholm in 1913.

Elin Améen

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