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Katrina is a Swedish language novel published in 1936, written by Åland author Sally Salminen. The publishing company Holger Schildts Förlag had announced a writing competition, for which Salminen had submitted her first draft of Katrina. Salminen Read More..

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Description	Katrina is a Swedish language novel published in 1936, written by Åland author Sally Salminen. The publishing company Holger Schildts Förlag had announced a writing competition, for which Salminen had submitted her first draft of Katrina. Salminen won first prize, and the publisher agreed to publish the novel. According to a nephew of Salminen, Henrik Salminen, her publisher requested 12 different drafts before they finally published the novel Comment by Henrik Salminen in the online edition of Ålandstidningen, accessed October 31, 2006. The novel was Salminen's first, and became a surprise success, eventually being translated into more than 20 languages, including English, French and German.On her native Åland the novel caused a bit of controversy, as several characters in the novel was perceived as being negative portrayals of locally influential persons on Åland at that time. Biography in English, accessed October 31, 2006The novel has also been adapted into a feature film in 1943 by Swedish film director Gustaf Edgren, and a musical based on the novel, composed by Jack Mattsson, premiered on Åland in 1997.
Description	Katrina is a Swedish language novel published in 1936, written by Åland author Sally Salminen. The publishing company Holger Schildts Förlag had announced a writing competition, for which Salminen had submitted her first draft of Katrina. Salminen won first prize, and the publisher agreed to publish the novel. According to a nephew of Salminen, Henrik Salminen, her publisher requested 12 different drafts before they finally published the novel Comment by Henrik Salminen in the online edition of Ålandstidningen, accessed October 31, 2006. The novel was Salminen's first, and became a surprise success, eventually being translated into more than 20 languages, including English, French and German.On her native Åland the novel caused a bit of controversy, as several characters in the novel was perceived as being negative portrayals of locally influential persons on Åland at that time. Biography in English, accessed October 31, 2006The novel has also been adapted into a feature film in 1943 by Swedish film director Gustaf Edgren, and a musical based on the novel, composed by Jack Mattsson, premiered on Åland in 1997.

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Name	Katrina
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Authors	Sally Salminen
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Genre	Novel
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Language	Swedish
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Country	Finland
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Pages	347
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Media_type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)Refers to the 1994 Swedish language edition
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Isbn	951-50-0645-7
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Oclc	31812325
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Publisher	Holger Schildts förlagRefers to the Swedish language edition
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Pub_date	1936
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Release_date	1936
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