Katerina Janouch
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- Katerina Janouch (born Kateřina Janouchová ; 22 February 1964) is a Swedish author, journalist and sexologist of Czech origin.
- Childhood Janouch was born in 1964 in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, and is the daughter of the nuclear scientist František Janouch and Ada Kolman, a professor of radiation biology.
- After a short period in Denmark in 1973, the family moved to Viggbyholm in the Stockholm suburb of Täby in 1974.
- Janouch quickly learned Swedish, partly because she translated her father's political articles.
- It was a good way to get attention.
Katerina Janouch (born Kateřina Janouchová; 22 February 1964) is a Swedish author, journalist and sexologist of Czech origin. She is primarily known for her children's books, but has also written about relationships, abuse, female genital mutilation and the political unrest of Sweden.
Childhood
Janouch was born in 1964 in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, and is the daughter of the nuclear scientist František Janouch and Ada Kolman, a professor of radiation biology. Her father, who supported Andrei Sakharov who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1972-73 and opposed against the Communist regime, was excluded from the Communist Party and was then asked to emigrate.
After a short period in Denmark in 1973, the family moved to Viggbyholm in the Stockholm suburb of Täby in 1974. Her father got to work at the Royal Institute of Technology and founded Charter 77. Janouch quickly learned Swedish, partly because she translated her father's political articles.
Studies and journalism
During high school, Janouch liked to provoke about sex.
It was a good way to get attention. I liked to test the boundaries of what was okay to talk about and I understood that others did not think it was particularly feminine to question and be outspoken.
It was also during high school that Janouch decided to become a journalist, of which she had a "romantic image". After university studies in art science and literature (she did not get into the journalist education she wanted), she became a translator at a book publisher, and got to work as a proofreader at Expressen.
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