Torsten Pettersson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Torsten Pettersson

Finnish writer

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1955

Place of Birth: Turku, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Torsten Pettersson (born 9 July 1955) is a Finnish-Swedish author, poet and professor.
He lives in Uppsala, Sweden where he works as a professor of literature at Uppsala University.
In 1982 he graduated from Åbo Academy with a work about Joseph Conrad. He has also been professor in literature and aesthetics at Helsingfors University and in 1994 he started working as professor in Uppsala full time.