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Karin Boye

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Karin Boye was a Swedish poet and novelist. She was born in 1900 in Gothenburg, Sweden, and died in 1941 from an apparent suicide. In 1932, after the breakup of her marriage, she had a relationship with Gunnel Bergstr?, the wife of fellow poet Gunnar Ekel?. She was largely responsible for translating the work of T. S. Eliot into Swedish.

See also: List of Swedish writers

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