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Barbro Lindgren

{{Short description|Swedish children's writer (born 1937)}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Barbro Lindgren

| image = Barbro Lindgren 2014-04-02 002.jpg

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| birth_name = Barbro Enskog

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|3|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bromma, Sweden

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| occupation = Writer

| period = 1965–present

| genre = Children's fiction, picture books

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| notableworks = Den vilda bebin, Max

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Barbro Lindgren (born 18 March 1937) is a Swedish writer of children's books and books for adult readers. For her lasting contribution as a children's writer, Lindgren was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2004. Ten years later, she won the annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The biggest cash prize in children's and young-adult literature, it rewards a writer, illustrator, oral storyteller, or reading promoter for its entire body of work.

Life

Barbro Enskog was born in Bromma, Stockholm. She graduated from art school in 1958 and has been writing books for publication since 1965. Her style has exerted a major influence on Swedish children's literature. Located between realism and surrealism, her works are humorous and imaginative, and her books for children treat important issues to be taken seriously and treated for children.

Early in her career Barbro Lindgren won the 1973 Astrid Lindgren Prize, an annual Swedish literary award distinct from the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The once-in-a-lifetime award established on Astrid Lindgren's 60th birthday honours good writing for children or youth. Barbro Lindgren's long-time collaborator, the illustrator Eva Eriksson (born 1949), won the prize in 2001.

Awards

  • Grammis for {{Lang|sv|Goda' Goda'}}, 1970{{Citation |last=Lome |first=Ragnild |title=Barbro Lindgren |date=2022-03-03 |url=http://snl.no/Barbro_Lindgren |work=Store norske leksikon |language=nb |access-date=2022-06-01 |last2=Haugen |first2=Morten Olsen}}
  • Expressens Heffaklump, 1971[https://www.svd.se/a/70wB0B/jag-velat-bli-forfattare-anda-sedan-jag-var-sex-ar ”Har velat bli författare sedan jag var sex år”]
  • Astrid Lindgren Prize, 1973{{Cite web |title=Barbro Lindgren 1974 - Sommar & Vinter i P1 |url=https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/425085 |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Sveriges Radio |language=sv}}
  • Nils Holgersson Plaque for {{Lang|sv|Lilla sparvel}}, 1977
  • Samfundet De Nio's Astrid Lindgren Prize, 2004{{Cite news |date=2004-02-05 |title=De nio belönar Barbro Lindgren |language=sv |work=Sveriges Radio |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/364076 |access-date=2022-06-01}}
  • Illis quorum, 2009{{Cite web |date=2009-02-19 |title=Illis quorum till Barbro Lindgren |url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/illis-quorum-till-barbro-lindgren/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}
  • Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, 2014
  • H. M. The King's Medal, 2020{{Cite web |last=Wiklund |first=Helena |date=2020-06-06 |title=Hovet: Leif GW Persson får medalj av kungen |url=https://www.svenskdam.se/kungligt/hovet-leif-gw-persson-far-medalj-av-kungen/5942229 |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=www.svenskdam.se |language=sv-SE}}

Selected books

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= Books in English =

  • 2015 – Max's Bath, Gecko Press, {{ISBN|9781776570003}}{{Cite web|title=Max's Bath {{!}} Gecko Press|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/maxs-bath/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=geckopress.com|language=en-US}}
  • 2015 – Max's Bear, Gecko Press, {{ISBN|9781776570027}}
  • 2015 – Max's Wagon, Gecko Press, {{ISBN|9781776570010}}{{Cite web|title=Max's Wagon {{!}} Gecko Press|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/maxs-wagon/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=geckopress.com|language=en-US}}
  • 2017 – Soda Pop, Gecko Press, {{ISBN|9781776570119}}{{Cite web|title=Soda Pop - Barbro Lindgren {{!}} Gecko Press|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/soda-pop/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=geckopress.com|language=en-US}}

Notes

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According to ALMA, Lindgren as writer and illustrator Eva Eriksson began "a long-lived co-operation" with Sagan om den lilla farbrorn, published in 1979. "Their greatest success came with their series of picture books about little Max and the everyday adventures in the life of a small child."

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Apparently Max is Sam in English translation.

[http://www.b-reel.com/projects/feature-films/case/115/titta-max-look-heres-sam/ "Titta Max / Look here's Sam"]. Projects: Feature Films. B Reel (b-reel.com).

[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244042.Sam_s_Cookie "Sam's Cookie (Sam / Max)"]. Goodreads (goodreads.com). Quote: "Published August 1st 1982 by HarperFestival (first published 1981)."

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References

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{{cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=165058 |title=Barbro Lindgren |work=Swedish Film Database |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |language=Swedish |accessdate=13 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922064449/http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=165058 |archivedate=22 September 2012 }}

[http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=521 "2004"]. Hans Christian Andersen Awards. International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Press release with other contemporary material. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

[http://www.alma.se/en/About-the-award/ "About Us: Good Literature Gives the Child a Place in the World ..."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608022849/http://www.alma.se/en/About-the-award/ |date=2017-06-08 }}. Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[http://www.alma.se/en/Award-winners/2014/ "Barbro Lindgren is the 2014 Laureate"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316235420/http://www.alma.se/en/award-winners/2014/ |date=2015-03-16 }}. ALMA. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[http://www.astridlindgren.se/mer-fakta/priser-i-astrids-namn/astrid-lindgren-priset "Astrid Lindgren-Priset"]. Astrid Lindgren (astridlindgren.se). Retrieved 25 March 2014. Quote: "Priset har sedan dess delats ut årligen för förtjänstfullt författarskap inom barn- och ungdomslitteraturen." {{in lang|sv}}

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External links

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Category:Living people

Category:Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award winners

Category:Swedish women children's writers

Category:Swedish children's writers

Category:Selma Lagerlöf Prize winners

Category:Recipients of the Illis quorum

Category:Recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Prize

Category:Novelists from Stockholm