Hagar Olsson

Alli Hagar Olsson (16 September 1893 – 21 February 1978) was a Finland-Swedish writer, literary critic, playwright and translator.^[1]

Born(1893-09-16)16 September 1893

Kustavi, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire

Died21 February 1978(1978-02-21) (aged 84)

Helsinki, Finland

OccupationWriter, literary critic, translator

Literary movementModernism

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Hagar Olsson
Born	(1893-09-16)16 September 1893 Kustavi, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	21 February 1978(1978-02-21) (aged 84) Helsinki, Finland
Occupation	Writer, literary critic, translator
Literary movement	Modernism

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Olsson was born in Kustavi to Karl Sixtus Olsson and Anna Erika Holmberg. She attended The Women's School in Viborg, graduating in 1913. She pursued further studies at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki from 1913 to 1914 and also studied at the University of Helsinki.^[2]

In 1922, she edited an avant-garde literary magazine, Ultra.^[3] She also contributed to another avant-garde magazine Quosego.^[4]

Olsson received several awards throughout her career, including the SLS Prize in 1929, the State Literature Prize in 1933, 1940, 1949, and 1961, the Granberg Prize in 1929, 1931, and 1936, and the Tollanderska Prize in 1950.^[5] In 1965, she was awarded the Eino Leino Prize.^[6] She was also honored with an honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki in 1969.

She died, aged 84, in Helsinki.