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| Born | February 4, 1945 Helsinki, Finland |
| Alma mater | Helsinki University |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, researcher |
Merete Mazzarella (born February 4, 1945, in Helsinki) is a Swedo-Finnish prize-winning author and literature researcher. [1] [2] [3]
Mazzarella's mother was Danish, and her father was a Finnish ambassador. Her father's mother tongue was Finnish, but they spoke Swedish at home for practical reasons. Mazzarella learnt about Finland's Swedish culture through literature. [4]
From 1973 to 1995, Mazzarella worked as a lecturer in Finland Swedish literature at Helsinki University. She completed her doctorate degree in 1981, on the subject of Swedish Nobel laureate Eyvind Johnson. Mazzarella held a temporary professorship in Nordic literature at Helsinki University from 1995 to 1998 and was appointed as a permanent professor from 1998 to 2008. [1] She is Professor Emerita of Nordic Literature at the University of Helsinki. [5]
Mazzarella has written for Hufvudstadsbladet in Finland, as well as Sydsvenska dagbladet and Dagens Nyheter in Sweden. [1] She has written 20 books, one of the more recent being "Om livets mening" ("On the Meaning of Life"), published by Schildts & Söderströms in 2017 and also available in Finnish translation.
Mazzarella married Lars Hertzberg, Professor Emeritus in philosophy at Åbo Akademi University, on 4 March 2012. [2] [5] They reside in Ekenäs (Swedish) / Tammisaari (Finnish), a town in the south of Finland. [6]
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