Cecilia von Krusenstjerna
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Anne Cecilia von Krusenstjerna (born August 10, 1961 in Gothenburg
) is a Swedish
author
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Cecilia von Krusenstjerna has two sisters, Charlotte Gyllenhammar
and Sophie Gyllenhammar Mattson, and a brother, Oscar Gyllenhammar. She is married to documentary film director Fredrik von Krusenstjerna and mother of three children. The oldest daughter of Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
, CEO of Volvo
1970-1994, and Christina Gyllenhammar, she grew up as the "Princess of Gothenburg
". She gave up both studies in the US and a career as a journalist before devoting herself to her children.
Her novel En spricka i kristallen ("A crack in the crystal") published in 2004 tells the story of the childhood of "Suss", an upper class girl from Göteborg and the daughter of a CEO. Many details in the novel are from Cecilia's own childhood, but the plot also contains purely fictional parts. In the novel, Suss suffers of bulimia
and marries a documentary film director - details the author admits are from her own life, while the factuality of other details, such as the constantly unfaithful father and the mother who tells her desperate daughter to lose 15 kilos, signs a check and leaves, remains a secret. In an interview in 2007, she said "you make a choice when you tell about unpleasant things not meant to be public" and that she had lost contact with her parents.
, her first novel has become a major success and is being turned into a film for Sveriges Television
directed by Harald Hamrell and Cecilia von Krusenstjerna is working on a second novel which, she intends, will be written from the perspective a middle class person and deal with the benefits of having a lot of money and those who are dreaming of it.
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
) is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
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Cecilia von Krusenstjerna has two sisters, Charlotte Gyllenhammar
Charlotte Gyllenhammar
Charlotte Gyllenhammar, born 1963, is a fine artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. She began her career as a painter, but swiftly moved on to sculpture and installation after completing her studies at the Royal College of Art in London. In 1993, she broke through the Swedish art scene when she...
and Sophie Gyllenhammar Mattson, and a brother, Oscar Gyllenhammar. She is married to documentary film director Fredrik von Krusenstjerna and mother of three children. The oldest daughter of Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar is a Swedish businessman. He is mainly known for his 24 years as CEO and chairman of Volvo, between 1970 and 1994. In the early 1980s he took the initiative for the European Round Table of Industrialists .-Career:Gyllenhammar graduated from Lund University with a degree in...
, CEO of Volvo
Volvo
AB Volvo is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services...
1970-1994, and Christina Gyllenhammar, she grew up as the "Princess of Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
". She gave up both studies in the US and a career as a journalist before devoting herself to her children.
Her novel En spricka i kristallen ("A crack in the crystal") published in 2004 tells the story of the childhood of "Suss", an upper class girl from Göteborg and the daughter of a CEO. Many details in the novel are from Cecilia's own childhood, but the plot also contains purely fictional parts. In the novel, Suss suffers of bulimia
Bulimia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and purging or consuming a large amount of food in a short amount of time, followed by an attempt to rid oneself of the food consumed, usually by purging and/or by laxative, diuretics or excessive exercise. Bulimia nervosa is...
and marries a documentary film director - details the author admits are from her own life, while the factuality of other details, such as the constantly unfaithful father and the mother who tells her desperate daughter to lose 15 kilos, signs a check and leaves, remains a secret. In an interview in 2007, she said "you make a choice when you tell about unpleasant things not meant to be public" and that she had lost contact with her parents.
, her first novel has become a major success and is being turned into a film for Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
directed by Harald Hamrell and Cecilia von Krusenstjerna is working on a second novel which, she intends, will be written from the perspective a middle class person and deal with the benefits of having a lot of money and those who are dreaming of it.