Carola Hansson was born in Stockholm in 1942. She is married and lives in Stockholm, where she has conducted studies in history of art, philosophy, history of literature and the Russian language. Between 1979 and 1988 she worked as a playwright for the Swedish Television.
Carola Hansson made her literary debut in 1983 with the novel Det drömda barnet/The Dreamt Child. Her breakthrough came in 1994 with the novel Andrey, about one of Leo Tolstoy’s sons.
Today, Carola Hansson is regarded as one of Sweden’s most important female writers and is honored with several awards including the Selma Lagerlöf Literary Prize. She is published in 11 countries.
The first time I met Otto, Madame Vidal said to me, was in April 1935 – a day when, from the early morning to late evening, the most delightful rain of spring fell over Königsberg; a gentle, refreshing rain that washed the streets clean, the grounds of Sternengarten got steam and within a few hours the trees had unfurled their light green little leaves.
This is where the author Carola Hansson lets her story begin.
