Lena Anderson
{{Short description|Swedish children's book illustrator and author}}
{{distinguish|Lena Andersson (author)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lena Anderson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|05|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| occupation = children's book illustrator and author
}}
Lena Anderson (born 27 May 1939{{cite web | url=https://www.guidotommasi.it/lupo-guido/autori/lena-anderson | title=Lena Anderson - Lupo Guido }}) is a Swedish children's book illustrator and author.
Anderson was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1939. She first gained international success for her illustrations in the 1985 picture book Linnea in Monet's Garden, which was translated into English in 1987. The book, which she made with Christina Björk, took five years to finish. She has worked on multiple other books with writer Christina Björk, including a series of children's stories with the character Linnea.
Anderson mainly draws nature-based illustrations. Her work draws from traditional Swedish picture book styles, similar to that of Elsa Beskow's work.
Selected works
=Illustrator=
- Linnea Planterar ("Linnea's Windowsill Garden") (1978; English trans., 1988), by Christina Björk
- Linnea in Monet's Garden (1985; English trans., 1987)
- Linnea's Almanac (1985; English trans., 1989), by Christina Björk{{cite book |last1=Bereiter |first1=Carl |title=Collections for Young Scholars |date=1995 |publisher=Open Court Publishing Company |isbn=0-8126-3248-6 |pages=5, 7 |url=https://archive.org/details/collectionsforyo03open/page/4/mode/2up/search/%22lena+anderson%22?q=%22lena+anderson%22 |accessdate=30 April 2020}}
=Author and illustrator=
- Majas alfabet ("Maja's Alphabet") (1984)Westin 1996, pg. 60
- Stina (1988; English trans., 1989)
- Bunny Party (1989){{cite web |title=Bunny Party |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-91-29-59134-7 |publisher=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=1 May 2020 |date=27 February 1989}}
- Stina's Visit (1989; English trans., 1991)
- ABC, sa lilla t ("ABC, Said Little T") (1994)
- Tea for Ten (1998; English trans., 2000)
- Tick-Tock (1998){{cite web |title=Tick-Tock |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-91-29-64074-8 |publisher=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=1 May 2020 |date=1 June 1998}}
Awards
In 1984, Anderson won the {{Interlanguage link|Elsa Beskow-plaketten|lt=|sv||WD=}}. She received the {{Interlanguage link|Rabén & Sjögrens tecknarstipendium|lt=Rabén & Sjögren's illustrator scholarship|sv||WD=}} in 1984.{{Cite web|title=ANNONS: Lena Anderson ställer ut på Millesgården – köp hennes älskade motiv här|url=https://www.expressen.se/leva-och-bo/noa-gallery/lena-anderson-staller-ut-pa-millesgarden--kop-motiven-har/|website=www.expressen.se|language=sv|access-date=2020-05-10}} In 1988, Anderson won the Astrid Lindgren Prize along with Christina Björk.{{cite web |title=Priser i Astrids namn |url=https://www.astridlindgren.com/sv/astrid-lindgren/arvet-efter-astrid-lindgren/priser-i-astrids-namn |website=astridlindgren.com |accessdate=6 May 2020 |language=sv}} Also in 1988, Linnea in Monet's Garden received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Children's Literature Award) in the children's book category.{{cite web |title=Linnéa im Garten des Malers |url=https://www.jugendliteratur.org/buch/linnea-im-garten-des-malers-1308 |website=jugendliteratur.org |accessdate=6 May 2020 |language=de}}
Anderson was awarded the Illis quorum medal by the Government of Sweden on 13 July 2023.{{cite web | title=Regeringen tilldelar Lena Anderson, Christofer Murray och Carola Häggkvist medaljen Illis quorum meruere labores | website=Regeringskansliet | publisher=Regeringen och Regeringskansliet | date=2023-07-13 | url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2023/07/regeringen-tilldelar-lena-anderson-christofer-murray-och-carola-haggkvist-medaljen-illis-quorum-meruere-labores/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715103429/https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2023/07/regeringen-tilldelar-lena-anderson-christofer-murray-och-carola-haggkvist-medaljen-illis-quorum-meruere-labores/ | archive-date=2023-07-15 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2023-07-15}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.cultivatinghome.com/2010/09/illustrator-lena-anderson.html Examples of Lena Anderson's illustrations from Cultivating Home]
{{Astrid Lindgren Prize winners}}
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Category:Artists from Stockholm
Category:Swedish women children's writers
Category:Swedish children's writers
Category:20th-century Swedish artists
Category:Swedish children's book illustrators
Category:Swedish women children's book illustrators
Category:20th-century Swedish women writers
Category:21st-century Swedish artists
Category:21st-century Swedish women writers