Torsten Pettersson
Illustration — Torsten Pettersson in 2015 Torsten Pettersson (born 9 July 1955) is a Finnish-Swedish author, poet and professor. In 1982, he graduated from Åbo Akademi University with a work about Joseph Conrad. He has also been professor in literature and aesthetics at University of Helsinki and in 1994 he started working as professor in Uppsala full time.
Torsten Pettersson
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- 1955 · Turku.
- Nationality
- Finland
- Occupation
- writer · poet · philologist
- Education
- Åbo Akademi University
- Languages
- Swedish
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Illustration — Torsten Pettersson in 2015 Torsten Pettersson (born 9 July 1955) is a Finnish-Swedish author, poet and professor. In 1982, he graduated from Åbo Akademi University with a work about Joseph Conrad. He has also been professor in literature and aesthetics at University of Helsinki and in 1994 he started working as professor in Uppsala full time.
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Torsten Pettersson was born on 9 July 1955.
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- 1.Pettersson, Torsten, Consciousness and time: a study in the philosophy and narrative technique of Joseph Conrad, Acta Academiae Aboensis. Ser. A, Humaniora, 0355-578X; 61:1, 1982, Åbo akad., Åbo libris=7908112
- 2.Uppsala Universitet: Torsten Pettersson – Academic Biography and Curriculum Vitae (version January 2009)
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- 1982 – Consciousness and time – a study in the philosophy and narrative technique of Joseph Conrad ( )
- 1983 – Åbo akademi forskar Pågående projekt 1983. Red. Torsten Pettersson ( )
- 1985 – Besvärjelse ( )
- 1986 – Att söka sanningen : en grundprincip i Eyvind Johnsons författarskap ( )
- 1987 – Ser du dem inte? ( )
- 1989 – Solen är en tunnel ( )
- 1991 – Vargskallen och andra berättelser ( )
- 1994 – Livets namn är alltid ( )
- 1999 – Det finns inget annat ( )
- 1999 – Litteratur och verklighetsförståelse – idémässiga aspekter av 1900-talets litteratur. Redaktörer: Anders Pettersson, Torsten Pettersson och Anders Tyrberg ( )
- 2000 – Tid och evighet – nedslag i det gångna årtusendets europeiska litteratur. Red. av Stefan Mählqvist och Torsten Pettersson ( )
- 2001 – Gåtans namn – tankens och känslans mönster hos nio finlandssvenska modernister ( , Atlantis)
- 2001 – Modernitetens ansikten – livsåskådningar i nordisk 1900-talslitteratur. Red.: Carl Reinhold Bråkenhielm och Torsten Pettersson ( )
- 2002 – Dolda principer : kultur- och litteraturteoretiska studier ( )
- 2002 – Varje dag ( )
- 2003 – Att fånga världen i ord – litteratur och livsåskådning – teoretiska perspektiv. Redaktörer: Carl Reinhold Bråkenhielm och Torsten Pettersson ( )
- 2004 – Det mesta som finns är osynligt ( )
- 2005 – Mörkret, det börjar, glansen, den varar – en diktsvit ( , Söderström)
- 2006 – Operavärldar från Monteverdi till Gershwin – tjugo uppsatser redigerade av Torsten Pettersson ( )
- 2007 – Att tolka det tomma – om figurativt inriktade tolkningar av det nonfigurativa i bildkonst, litteratur och musik – Konstverk och konstverkan ( ; S. [9]–31)
- 2007 – Jag ser en stjärna – ett diktat porträtt av Carl von Linné ( , Edition Edda)
- 2008 – Ge mig dina ögon ( , Söderströms)
- 2010 – Göm mig i ditt hjärta ( , Söderströms)
- 2013 – Hitlers fiender : Berlin oktober 1938–januari 1939 ( )
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