Karin Boye - Chronology

1900	K.B. was born on the 26th of October, l900. The family lived in Gothenburg, Vasaplatsen 11.
1901	The family moved to Viktoriagatan 24, Gothenburg.
1903	Her brother, Sven, was born on the 17th of January, 1903.
1904	Her brother, Ulf, was born on the 12th of August, 1904.
	Karin went to Hall's junior school.
1909	The family moved to Stockholm, first to Upplandsgatan, later to Karlbergsvägen 43B. Karin went to Åhlinska skolan. In Stockholm she was awarded the first prize in a magazine competition about a picture story for children. She took piano lessons and wrote poems at the early age of l0.
1915	The family moved to Villa Björkebo, Huddinge.
1918	Karin wrote a book in block letters to her grandfather on his 70th anniversary containing poems and legends. She wrote a good deal of poetry, short stories and plays, made drawings and painted water-colours.
1920	K.B. took her "student examen" and then spent one year at the folk high-school college of education in Stockholm.
1921	After she had passed her examination at the college she moved to Uppsala, where she studied Greek, Scandinavian languages and literary history.
	During the period in Uppsala Karin was a member of Clarté. She was also active in a small group of students , called the Poets' Corner. Karin gave talks and wrote articles, for instance in Ergo, a student periodical.
1922	"Clouds" collection of poems.
1924	"Hidden Lands" collection of poems.
1925	Karin made her famous spring speech to the students in May 1925.
1926	Karin passed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Uppsala. Karin moved back to Huddinge. She studied history at the Stockholm University.
1927	Karin passed her Bachelor of Arts degree in history at the Stockholm University. "The Hearths", collection of poems.
1928	Karin was a member of the editorial staff of Clarté from 1928 to 1930. Karin became engaged to Leif Björk. She joined a Scandinavian group of students to the Soviet Union for a three weeks' study tour.
1929	During the spring term Karin worked as a teacher at the secondary grammar school at Motala. She married Leif Björk.
1930	Karin and Leif went to Yugoslavia. Impressions from the journey are rendered in Varia (published in 1949). Karin left Clarté.
1931	The novel "Astarte" Karin became a member of "The Nine", a literary society. She started the periodical, "Spektrum" together with Erik Mesterton and Josef Riwkin.
1932	Karin and Leif moved away from each other. 1932 - 1933 Karin stayed in Germany where she went through psycho-analyse in Berlin.
1933	Karin left Germany in October and moved to Skeppargatan in Stockholm. Karin left Spektrum. The novel "Merit Wakes up".
1934	Karin and Leif divorced. The novel Crisis. The short story collection "Settlements".
1935	The collection of poems "For the sake of the tree".
1936	The novel "Too little".
1938	Journey to Greece in the summer.
1939	Lyric Meeting in Trondheim. Scandinavian Cultural Front, meeting at Sigtuna.
1940	The novel "Kallocain". The short story collection "Out of Order".
1941	Karin committed suicide in Alingsås. The collection of poems "The seven Deadly Sins" was published posthumously. The short story collection "Announcement".
1949	Essays and other minor scripts were compiled in "Tendency and Effect" and "Varia"

Publication with the permission of:
Rune Tideholm, translation into English