Crisis (Boye novel)

Crisis

Author	Karin Boye
Original title	Kris
Translator	Amanda Doxtater
Language	Swedish
Published	1934
Publisher	Bonniers, Norvik Press
Publication place	Sweden

Crisis (Swedish : Kris) is a 1934 autobiographical novel by Karin Boye. Amanda Doxtater's English translation of Crisis was published in January 2020 by Norvik Press. ^[1]

Plot

Malin Forst, a young woman studying to become a teacher in Stockholm during the 1930s, suffers a religious crisis and becomes infatuated with her female classmate.

Play adaptation

The novel was adapted into a play by Maja Salomonsson  [ sv ] that premiered in 2022 at The House of Culture in Vällingby. The production, starring Beri Gerwise and Frida Beckman  [ sv ] was praised by Pia Huss in Dagens Nyheter and Sara Granath in Svenska Dagbladet. ^[2]

References

Citations

1. Norvik Press (2020); Joseph (2020).
2. Huss (2022); Granath (2022).

Sources

• Granath, Sara (27 February 2022). "Ungdomens ångest fångas i fina nyanser" [The anxieties of youth are captured in subtle nuances]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN   1101-2412. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
• Huss, Pia (27 February 2022). "Dramatiseringen av Karin Boyes "Kris" är lysande scenkonst" [The dramatization of Karin Boye's “Crisis” is brilliant theater]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
• Joseph, Nancy (18 August 2020). "Translating a Crisis". artsci.washington.edu. Archived from the original on 5 October 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
• [Norvik Press] (23 January 2020). "Karin Boye's modernist classic now published in English for the first time". Norvik Press. Archived from the original on 5 October 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.