Gunnel Ahlin

Lars Ahlin, Gunnel Ahlin, 1960.

Gunnel Maria Ahlin (née Hellman, Orsa församling, Dalarna, 1 June 1918 – Stockholm, 7 January 2007) was a Swedish writer and teacher.^[1]

Her parents were the rector Johannes Hellman and his wife Aina Albihn. She married Lars Ahlin in 1946, and they had a son, the astronomer Per Ahlin.^[2] Gunnel Ahlin debuted in 1960 with the novel Voices one summer and made his breakthrough in 1974 with the historical novel Hannibal Son.^[3]

Works

• Röster en sommar, 1960
• Här dansar, 1962
• Puls, 1964
• Refuge, 1967
• Hannibal sonen, 1974
• Hannibal segraren, 1982
• Lars Ahlin växer upp, 2001
• Nu ska vi ta pulsen på världen, 2005

Awards

• 1982 – Kellgrenpriset
• 1983 – Aniarapriset
• 2001 – De Nios Vinterpris
• 2002 – Birger Schöldströms pris

Further reading

• Gunnel Ahlin at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

External links and references

1. "Ahlin, Gunnel Maria". Nordic Women's Literature (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
2. "15 (Vem är Vem? / Stor-Stockholm 1962)".
3. "skbl.se - Gunnel Maria Ahlin". skbl.se. Retrieved 2022-08-31.