Susanna Roxman

Susanna Roxman

(Pia) Susanna (Ellinor) Roxman, born 1946, is an Anglophone writer, poet and critic born in Stockholm; her father’s family is Scottish. 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, where she got a PhD in Comparative Literature.1996-2005 she headed the Centre of Classical Mythology at Lund University. She has had several collections of poetry published, as well as literary criticism. 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 in 2006 and 2009.

Books

• Written in Swedish:
• 1978 – Riva villor (poetry collection). Bokád, Stockholm.
• 1983 – Nymferna kommer (poetry collection; illustrated by Stefan Sjoberg). Kalejdoskop, Ahus.
• 1985 – Glom de doda (poetry collection). Symposion, Gothenburg and Stockholm.

• Written in English:
• 1984 – Guilt and Glory: Studies in Margaret Drabble’s Novels 1963-80 (literary criticism). Gothenburg University/Almqvist & Wiksell International, Stockholm.
• 1996 – Broken Angels (poetry collection). Dionysia Press, Edinburgh.
• 2003 – Emblems of Classical Deities in Ancient and Modern Pictorial Arts (short encyclopaedia). Department of Classics and Semitics/Lund University. Also posted on the Greek Mythology Link (please see below under External Links).
• 2006-7 – Imagining Seals (poetry collection). Dionysia Press, Edinburgh.

Contributions to Literary Magazines

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

• In Britain: Stand, Orbis, Magma, Staple.
• In the USA: Prairie Schooner, The Spoon River Poetry Review, Crab Orchard Review, Cimarron Review, Visions International.
• In Canada: The Fiddlehead, Grain, Wascana Review, Room of One’s Own.
• In Ireland: Poetry Ireland Review.
• In South Africa: New Contrast.
• In Japan: Poetry Kanto.

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

Contributions to Encyclopaedias

• Three articles in The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature, edited by Valerie Grosvenor Myer and Steven R. Serafin. Continuum, New York 2003.
• Three articles in New Makers of Modern Culture, edited by Justin Wintle. Routledge, London, 2006.
• Two articles in The Concise New Makers of Modern Culture, edited by Justin Wintle. Routledge, London, 2008.

Contributions to Websites

Poems of Roxman’s appear on her own website, as well as on the Greek Mythology Link (please see both links below).

Contributions to 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.

Radio Work

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

Editing Work

Roxman was on the editorial board of the literary magazine Understanding (published by Dionysia Press, Edinburgh) 1991-2003. She co-edited two multi-cultural anthologies of poetry and prose: Fjorton poeter fran Lund (with Guilem Rodrigues da Silva). Lunds Lilla Penklubb/Forfattarcentrum Syd, Lund 1982 Varlden i Lund (with Karin Lentz and Guilem Rodrigues da Silva). Lunds Lilla Penklubb, Lund 1985

Listings in Works of Reference

• The International Who’s Who in Poetry. Routledge, London
• World Who’s Who. Routledge (online)

Awards

• 1979 -- Grant from the Swedish Authors’ Foundation
• 1984 – Arts Grant from Malmohus County Council, Sweden
• 1990 – The Swedish Balzac Prize
• 1994 – Special Mention in the Open University Poetry Competition, UK
• 1994 and 1995 – The Marjorie Lees Linn Poetry Award (Editor’s Choice), Elk River Review, USA
• 1996 – The Arts Award of the City of Lund, for Broken Angels
• 2001 – Second Prize in short story competition, New Fiction Project, USA
• 2007 – Readers’ Award, for poem, in Orbis, UK

External Links

www.roxman.info [1] [2] [3]

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