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born Marianne Hederström
in Gällivare Lappland , brought up in Kiruna and Skellefteå
in Sweden.
The girl from the Far North who became photographer, author,
world citizen and connoisseur of the art of living.
"The gretaest art is the art of living!" This is the description
the American author Anaïs Nin gave of her friend Marianne Greenwood: "Marianne is the eternal vagabond. She is restless
in big cities and she is always dreaming of far away places.
She got a rare gift for friendship, not only for natives whose
language she does not speak, but all who she temporarily pays
visits to around the world. People just love to receive her.
She is a wonderful storyteller. Listeners will be taken as
by the wind to and fro - and will experience colours, smells
and adventure - even without seeing the rich photographic
material from alla her travels. The greatest art is the art
of living, says Marianne"
Just before the end of the War Marianne moved to Stockholm
and the art school of design. After various jobs one as draftsman
she moved to Switzerland and the hotel school in Lausanne.
After a Paris sejour she went to the Mediterranean city of
Antibes where she lived seven years in the Musée Picasso.
Here she became the "in-house photographer" for the collection
of the museum but she also portrayed Picasso and his family
and visting friends as Matisse, Chagall, Miró och Leger.
At this time she also began a long friendship and co-operation
with Evert Taube - the troubadour today regarded as a national
poet of Sweden. He stayed for long period in Antibes. Together
they roamed the Camarque in Southern France. During several
decades she lived together with the ingenous people in the
Americas, the Pacific Islands, in Papua New Guinea and parts
of Asia.
Marianne has contributed with her texts and photos in books
and magazines in France, Germany, the United States, Sweden
and other countries. Her own books has been published in several
countries.
Marianne has received the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award
by the Wingsquest Foundation in New York. Today she lives
in Antibes, France.
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