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Veronica Schildt Bendjelloul

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Pia Veronica Schildt Bendjelloul (born in Stockholm 20 May 1944) is a Swedish translator.

Born Veronica Schildt, she belonged to the Finnish Assembly (Finska församlingen, a non-territorial assembly in Swedish church primarily serving Sweden Finns in the Stockholm diocese). she finished her matriculation in a school for girls in Stockholm in 1964, and later studied at Stockholm University receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1971.

Personal life

She worked as a translator, translating notably the comics series Isabelle and Lucky Luke to Swedish. She also translated literary books like Agatha Christie mysteries.

Veronica Schildt comes from a very artistic family background. Her father Henrik Schildt and her uncle Jurgen Schildt as well as her brother Peter Schildt, and half-brother Johan Schildt were established names in theater, film and television.

She took the name of Bendjelloul after marrying Hacène Bendjelloul, an Algerian-born chief physician at the hospital in Helsingborg hospital.[1] The couple had two children, Johar Bendjelloul born in 1975 who became a well-known Swedish television presenter and journalist and Malik Bendjelloul born in 1977, and an Oscar-winning filmmaker for Searching for Sugar Man. Malik committed suicide on 13 May 2014 after struggling with depression.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Oscarsyra i Ängelholm" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. 26 February 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Lindberg, Johan; Nyman, Emelie (13 May 2014). "Filmskaparen Malik Bendjelloul har avlidit". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. ^ Bruce Weber (13 May 2014). "Malik Bendjelloul, 36, Oscar Winner for 'Sugar Man' Documentary, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 May 2014.