Susanna Roxman

Susanna Roxman

Susanna Roxman in London
Born Pia Susanna Ellinor Roxman
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation Poet, critic
Education Stockholm University,
King's College London,
Lund University,
Gothenburg University
Website
www.roxman.info

Susanna Roxman (born Pia Susanna Ellinor Roxman) is an Anglophone writer, poet and critic born in Stockholm; her father’s family is Scottish. She was considered a gifted child. Her first few books were written in Swedish, but she switched over to English as her professional language. After having worked for some years as a secretary, a ballet teacher, and a fashion model, Roxman studied at Stockholm University, King’s College at London University, Lund University, and Gothenburg University,[1][2] where she earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. From 1996 to 2005 she headed the Centre of Classical Mythology at Lund University. She has had several collections of poetry published, as well as literary criticism.[2] Her poems have also appeared in literary magazines world-wide. Some of these pieces have been translated into Arabic and Persian. Roxman has taken part in many poetry readings, notably at the Edinburgh Festival (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013).[3]

Books

Roxman's works include:[1][4]

Written in Swedish
Written in English
Poet Susanna Roxman in Kensington Gardens, London

Contributions

Literary magazines

Roxman has contributed poems and lyrical prose to more than 60 literary magazines world-wide. These include:[3]

She has also written reviews which have appeared in magazines, including Prairie Schooner, The Spoon River Poetry Review, Poetry Salzburg Review, Dance Magazine, and Plays & Players.

Encyclopaedias

Websites

Poems of Roxman’s appear on her own website, as well as on the Greek Mythology Link.[8]

Book fairs

Roxman´s English-language poetry collections have been displayed at book fairs world-wide, including:

Daily newspapers

Susanna Roxman has contributed many review articles on literature and ballet to the arts pages of some of the national newspapers in Sweden. These include Dagens Nyheter, Arbetet (now folded), Sydsvenska Dagbladet, and Aftonbladet.[10]

Radio work

She has also written a large number of pieces on the arts for the National Radio, Sweden.[11]

Editing work

She co-edited two multi-cultural anthologies of poetry and prose:[2]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 World Who's Who. Routledge (online).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Poesin hos Författarcentrum Syd. Forfattarcentrum Syd (Authors´Centre South), Malmo 2006.
  3. 1 2 "Author website". Susanna Roxman. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  4. "Catalogue". Dionysia Press. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  5. 1 2 Amazon.com: Books: Susanna Roxman
  6. "Contributors: Fall 2011". Prairie Schooner. University of Nebraska Press. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  7. The International Who's Who in Poetry. Routledge, London.
  8. "Contributors". Greek Mythology Link website. Carlos Parada and Maicar Förlag. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  9. http://www.roxman.info
  10. "Susanna Roxman". Forfattarcentrum. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  11. http://smdb.kb.se/Susanna Roxman
  12. Orbis: Quarterly International Literary Journal, #159, Spring 2012.
  13. Orbis: Quarterly International Literary Journal, #167,Spring 2014.

External links

  1. Official website
  2. Greek Mythology Link website
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