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Introducing Catherine on 28 January 1964
in the magazine « min Värld »
interesting detail: That is how Catherine sounds in
Swedish:
I del 5 i serien om Catherine, beger hon sig till
Spanien för att söka efter sin älskade make som hon tror
lider av spetälska. Vägen kantas av våldsamt spännande
äventyr och erotiska eskapader. Efter en tids haremsliv
hos kalifen i Granada återfinner hon sin man i armarna
på kalifens sado-masochistiska syster som försöker mörda
Catherine med hjälp av en dresserad giftorm. Tiden är
1400-talet
...and as we can read in my
translated article above from 1963, Sweden belonged also
to those countries who stood in line to buy the Rights
to translate the Catherine book, even though the book
had not yet appeared in the French bookstores...!
« I quote from the above translated article »
«
She carried the story to Editions de Trévise, who
accepted it straightaway and communicated it immediately to
nine foreign Publishers. (Holland, England, Sweden,
Germany, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Spain and Turkey). The
latter, enthusiastic, cabled their agreement at once.
»
Le Provençal 10 June
1964
Original French newspaper clipping -
translation by webmaster
... and what the newspapers had to say back on 10 June 1964
when Juliette Benzoni's second book Il suffit d'un
amour II was first published !
«
A heroine - who takes her place - alongside of « Scarlett O'Hara »
and of « The Marquise of the
Angels » (Angélique)
The quality of the newspaper has suffered after more than 50
years, taken in account that it lay hidden in a box in a
cellar at Saint-Mandé/France; but that is what makes
it even more precious to a souvenir collector like me.
We see on the photo Juliette with a very lovely young
girl who was chosen in Sweden as their "Catherine". How
wonderful that she was able to meet Juliette in person
later on in France.
The day the chosen
"Swedish Catherine" met Juliette in Paris...
A dream trip to Paris for a
young girl from Gävle.
Who will be Sweden's Catherine? the monthly magazine
«
my Värld
»
asked its readers, and the answer is: On Friday,
19-year-old 'Britt Marie Alm' returned from her dream
trip... Well, it was at first just a little joke, says
Britt Marie, who was in no way concerned with the
matter.
Catherine is a historical novel by Juliette Benzoni,
published in the Swedish monthly magazine. The
bestselling author almost suffered a shock when she
invited Britt Marie from Hagaström to lunch in
Paris. The girl from Sweden supernaturally animated
her character in the novel... And Britt Marie and
Juliette became good friends.
Of course, beautiful Swedish girls always attract
attention abroad. Britt Marie is no exception. An
interview in "France Soir" reveals that the girl from
Gävle caused heart palpitations among the newspaper
people.
Extract from the original Swedish article of 1964 -
translated by Linda, webmaster
...on my
collage, we see Juliette Benzoni in June 1964 with a
charming young girl who won THE first prize in her
native Sweden, as the Swedish version of Catherine. Not
only was 'Britt Marie Alm' honoured as such, no, the
newspaper "Min Värld" paid for a trip to Paris - and as
a highlight she was able to meet her idol 'Juliette
Benzoni'. That we can enjoy this post, is thanks to her
son Kent Love Öst who, with his mother's permission
allowed me to share the photo of her Mom, which was once
in the newspaper "My World" together with the Swedish
article (which I gave my best to translate 😉 Sweden and
Switzerland do not share the same language 🫣
When I saw the Swedish article, I remembered we had a
very faded out article in our souvenir box - and there
was no doubt it - was the young Britt from Sweden. But
like Juliette Benzoni, I don't believe in coincidences,
I was without words... Mrs Britt remembers her trip to
'Paris' so well, Kent confirmed that his mother was very
happy learning of the soon-to-be article after so many
years. My thanks again to him and his dear Mother, and
who knows, maybe I will find one day the article in
'France-Soir', because that's where the pictures with
Juliette and Britt were taken... |
