Pernilla Stalfelt
{{short description|Swedish children's writer}}
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Pernilla Stalfelt (born 1962) is a Swedish children's writer and illustrator. She has gained a reputation for successfully explaining difficult concepts to children in their own language, for example by presenting the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Hurrraa!!! All barns rätt (All Children's Rights).{{cite web|url=http://www.kulturradet.se/en/Bolgna-Childrens-Bookfair/Illustration1/|title=Bologna 2013: Illustration|publisher=KulturRådet|accessdate=17 April 2017|language=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411054341/http://www.kulturradet.se/en/Bolgna-Childrens-Bookfair/Illustration1/|archive-date=11 April 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.expressen.se/kultur/bocker/pernilla-stalfelt--hurrraa-alla-barns-ratt---en-bilderbok-om-barnkonventionen-/|title=Pernilla Stalfelt / Hurrraa! Alla barns rätt - En bilderbok om Barnkonventionen 20 år|author=Sörensen, Margareta|newspaper=Expressen|date=12 October 2009|accessdate=17 April 2017 |language=Swedish}} The Death Book, presenting death in children's terms obtained positive reviews when published in English in 2003.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-88899-482-0|title=The Death Book|magazine=Publishers Weekly|date=18 November 2002|accessdate=17 April 2017 }}
Biography
Born in Helga Trefaldighets församling in Uppsala County on 22 February 1962, Stalfelt was the daughter of the journalist Sven Olov Stalfelt and Ann-Marie Stalfelt, a physician.{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Sven-Olov-Stalfelt/6000000033708031058|title=Sven Olov Stalfelt|publisher=Geni|accessdate=17 April 2017 |language=}} Barbro Lindgren's Loranga, Masarin och Dartanjang inspired her to become a children's writer. On completing high school, she studied at Uppsala University in the cultural section.{{cite web|url=http://www.alex.se/Forfattare/4143|title=Stalfelt, Pernilla|publisher=alex|accessdate=17 April 2017|language=Swedish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404095527/http://www.alex.se/Forfattare/4143|archivedate=4 April 2015}}
In 1996, she published the first in a series of works for children with boken (book) in the title. These included Hårboken (The Hair Book, 1996), Bajsboken (The Poop Book, 1997), Dödenboken (The Death Book, 1999) and Kärlekboken (The Love Book, 2001). Stalfeld is also employed by Stockholm's Moderna Museet as a cultural advisor.{{cite web|url=http://www.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/sv/om-museet/kontakt/personal/|title=Vi jobbar på Moderna Museet i Stockholm|publisher=Moderna Museet|accessdate=17 April 2017 |language=Swedish}}
Selected publications
- {{cite book|last=Stalfelt|first=Pernilla|title=The Death Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9B69NQAACAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Groundwood Books|isbn=978-0-88899-482-0}}
- {{cite book|last=Stalfelt|first=Pernilla|title=The Love Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfJUNQAACAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Groundwood Books|isbn=978-0-88899-455-4}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.pernillastalfelt.se/ Pernilla Stalfelt's website]
{{Astrid Lindgren Prize winners}}
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Category:Swedish women children's book illustrators
Category:Swedish children's writers
Category:Swedish children's book illustrators
Category:Swedish women children's writers