Cecilia von Krusenstjerna

Anne Cecilia von Krusenstjerna (born August 10, 1961) is a Swedish author.

Cecilia von Krusenstjerna has two sisters, Charlotte Gyllenhammar and Sophie Gyllenhammar Mattson, and a brother, Oscar Gyllenhammar. She is married to documentary film director Fredrik von Krusenstjerna and mother of three children. The oldest daughter of Pehr G. Gyllenhammar, CEO of Volvo 1970-1994, and Christina Gyllenhammar, she grew up as the "Princess of Gothenburg". She gave up both studies in the US and a career as a journalist before devoting herself to her children.SvD, Thunberg]

Her novel "En spricka i kristallen" ("A crack in the crystal") published in 2004 tells the story of the childhood of "Suss", an upper class girl from Göteborg and the daughter of a CEO. Many details in the novel are from Cecilia's own childhood, but the plot also contains purely fictional parts. In the novel, Suss suffers of bulimia and marries a documentary film director - details the author admits are from her own life, while the factuality of other details, such as the constantly unfaithful father and the mother who tells her desperate daughter to lose 15 kilos, signs a check and leaves, remains a secret. In an interview in 2007, she said "you make a choice when you tell about unpleasant things not meant to be public" and that she had lost contact with her parents.Exp, af Kleen. ("...du gör ett val när du berättar obehagliga saker som inte är för offentlighetens öron.")]

As of 2007, her first novel has become a major success and is being turned into a film for Sveriges Television directed by Harald HamrellFilm i Väst] and Cecilia von Krusenstjerna is working on a second novel which, she intends, will be written from the perspective a middle class personExp, af Kleen] and deal with the benefits of having a lot of money and those who are dreaming of it.

Bibliography

* "En spricka i kristallen", April 2004, Bonnier Fakta, (ISBN 9185015199)

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References

* cite web
url = http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/kultur/did_7240803.asp
title = "Jag ljög om mitt efternamn"
author = Karin Thunberg
publisher = Svenska Dagbladet (SvD)
date = 2004-04-03
accessdate = 2007-07-26
language = Swedish ("I lied about my family name", an interview with Cecilia von Krusenstjerna.)
* cite web
url = http://www.expressen.se/1.575810
title = Utklassade!
author = Björn af Kleen
publisher = Expressen
date = 2007-03-02
accessdate = 2007-07-26
language = Swedish
* cite web
url = http://epi.vgregion.se/vgrtemplates/page____10682.aspx
title = Film i Väst blir samproducent i En spricka i kristallen
publisher = Film i Väst
date = 2007-05-07
accessdate = 2007-07-26
language = Swedish