Pen name Runa Name Elisabeth Beskow Occupation Author Role Author | Language Swedish Died 1928, Stockholm, Sweden Nationality Swedish | |
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Born Elisabeth Maria Beskow
November 19, 1870
Stockholm, Sweden ( 1870-11-19 ) Relatives Natanael Beskow (cousin)
Elsa Beskow (cousin's wife) | ||
Elisabeth Maria Beskow (19 November 1870 – 17 October 1928) was a Swedish author. Born in Stockholm, Sweden she went to the Beskow School and later studied at the Sabbatsberg Hospital as well as the Sophiahemmet. She wrote about fifty books under the pseudonym Runa. A number of her books are translated into Danish, Finnish, French, English, German and Dutch.
In her books she discussed the equal rights of men and women and spoke against animal testing and for vegetarianism.
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