Karin Boye (Author of Kallocain)

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Karin Boye

Born

in Gothenburg, Sweden

October 26, 1900

Died

April 24, 1941

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction

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Karin Boye was a Swedish poet and novelist.

She is perhaps most famous for her poems, of which the most well-known ought to be "Yes, of course it hurts" (Swedish: "Ja visst g枚r det ont") and "In motion" (Swedish: "I r枚relse"). She also wrote a few novels including "Kallocain". Inspired by the rise of National Socialism in Germany, it was a portrayal of a dystopian society in the vein of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Huxley's Brave New World (though written almost a decade before Nineteen Eighty-Four). In the novel, an idealistic scientist named Leo Kall invents Kallocain, a kind of truth serum.

Boye died in an apparent suicide when swallowing sleeping-pills after leaving home on April 23, 1941. ...more

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	Kallocain by Karin Boye, Gustaf Lannestock (Translator), Richard B. Vowles (Introduction) 3.72 avg rating — 15,337 ratings — published 1940 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kris 3.58 avg rating — 1,037 ratings — published 1934 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Astarte by Karin Boye, Robert Bohn (Translator) 3.43 avg rating — 567 ratings — published 1931 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ella g枚r sig fri 3.41 avg rating — 534 ratings — published 1940 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dikter 4.21 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 1942 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Poems by Karin Boye, David McDuff (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	厂苍盲肠办辞谤苍补 3.67 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 1941 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moln really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1922 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	F枚r tr盲dets skull 3.99 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1935 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	F枚r lite 3.87 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1936 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Karin Boye

Dikter i urval (2 books)
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Karin Boye,

Yvonne Philipsson (F枚rord, Urval),

Barbro Abrahamsson (F枚rord, Urval)

3.83 avg rating — 53 ratings

Quotes by Karin Boye (?)

“Den m盲tta dagen, den 盲r aldrig st枚rst
Den b盲sta dagen, 盲r en dag av t枚rst

Nog finns det m氓l och mening i v氓r f盲rd
Men det 盲r v盲gen, som 盲r m枚dan v盲rd”
― Karin Boye, Dikter

tags: perseverance

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“Hur kan jag s盲ga om din r枚st 盲r vacker.
Jag vet ju bara, att den genomtr盲nger mig
och kommer mig att darra som ett l枚v
och trasar s枚nder mig och spr盲nger mig.”
― Karin Boye

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“Ni bygger utifr氓n , vi byggs inifr氓n och in. Ni bygger med er sj盲lva som stenar och faller s枚nder utifr氓n och in. Vi bygger inifr氓n som tr盲d, och det v盲xer ut broar mellan oss som inte 盲r d枚d materia och d枚tt tv氓ng. Fr氓n oss g氓r det levande ut. I er g氓r det livl枚sa in, sid 75”
― Karin Boye, Kallocain

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