Ulla Isaksson is well known not only for writing the
manuscripts of two
Ingmar Bergman movies, but also for her writings about women's issues.
The
author of the manuscripts for the Bergman-directed films "
The Virgin Spring" (
1960) and "
Brink of Life" (
1958) saw her early work marked by
tension and
religious conflict, while her later novels focused on
erotic motifs,
women's issues and
raising children.
Isaksson wrote her first novel, "
The Tree", in
1940.
Other works included "
Paradise Square", "
The Women's House", "
The Birthday", and "
The Book About E", which was about her husband,
Erik Hjalmar Linder who died in
1994.
She and Linder also co-wrote a two-part
biography of
Swedish novelist Elin Wagner that is considered the foremost work on the
feminist writer, who died in
1949.
Isaksson received an
honorary doctorate degree in
philosophy from
Stockholm University in
1978, as well as local writing awards.
The Swedish literary society
De Nio - of which she was a member - also
awarded her $11,400 last year for her "penetrating, clear and bold depiction of women's reality".