Inga-Stina Ewbank
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Inga-Stina EwbankSBS(13 June 1932 – 7 June 2004) was aSwedish-born academic and educator inGreat Britain,Munich,Hong Kongand theUnited States,as well as an author and translator. She is believed to have been to date the only holder of an English chair of English Literature to have spoken no English until the age of 19 (in her case, having spoken only Swedish until that time).
Early life and education[edit]
Born asInga-Stina Ekeblad,she attended school inGothenburgbefore winning a scholarship toCarleton College, Minnesota.After graduating she had a string of research appointments: atSheffield University(MA), atLiverpool University(as William Noble Fellow) from 1955 to 1957, and at theShakespeare Institute of Birmingham Universityfrom 1957 to 1960. During the later part of this period she taught at theUniversity of Munich.
Teaching English literature[edit]
She returned to Liverpool University as lecturer in 1960, and was promoted to a Senior Lecturership in 1970. Her interest in women's literature was demonstrated byTheir Proper Sphere: a study of the Brontë sisters as early-Victorian female novelists(1966). In 1972 she became Reader inEnglish literatureatBedford College, London.
In 1985 Professor Ewbank accepted a chair at theUniversity of Leeds.Greatly in demand as a lecturer and at overseas conferences, she travelled widely, with spells as a visiting scholar atHarvard Universityand other American universities. From 1982 to 1997 she was a member of the University Grants Committee for theUniversity of Hong Kong.
She was recognized as a scholar ofIbsen's works and worked increasingly in both England and Norway during the later part of her life.
Death[edit]
She died inLondonon 7 June 2004, at age 71.
Family[edit]
In 1959 she married Roger Ewbank; they had one son and two daughters.
Awards[edit]
- Elected to theNorwegian Academy of Science and Lettersin 1991
- Honorary doctorate from theUniversity of Hong Kongin 1999
- Awarded theSilver Bauhinia Starin 1999
- Honorary doctorate from theUniversity of Osloin 1998
- Honorary doctorate from theUniversity of Gothenburgin 2001
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- 1932 births
- 2004 deaths
- Harvard University staff
- Norwegian–English translators
- People from Gothenburg
- Swedish scholars and academics
- Swedish translators
- Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star
- Academics of the University of Leeds
- 20th-century translators
- 20th-century Swedish women writers
- 20th-century non-fiction writers
- Academics of the University of Liverpool
- Academics of Bedford College, London