Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002)
Author of Pippi Longstocking
About the Author
Astrid Lindgren: November 7, 1907 - January 28, 2002 There are few children's authors more famous than Astrid Lindgren, creator of the feisty, legendary heroine, Pippi Longstocking. Lindgren was born on November 14, 1907, in Sweden. Her work has been acclaimed with many prestigious awards, among show more them the Hans Christian Andersen Medal (1958), the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1978), and the International Book Award (1993). This truly internationally known author was the recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Medal and has been honored repeatedly in her native Sweden. There is a bronze statue of her in a Stockholm park. Her picture is on a postage stamp. The "World of Astrid Lindgren" is a theme park featuring the wholesome characters of her books. The annual children's literature award is known as the Astrid Lindgren Prize. The inspiration for this long and illustrious career, spanning five decades, is the author's own childhood. Her memories - of free and often wild play with her brothers and sister, of loving parents, of a close-knit farm community, of reading about heroines like Pollyanna and Anne of Green Gables - became the foundations of her books. Lindgren has said, "I write to amuse the child within me, and I can only hope that in this way other children as well can have a little fun." Lindgren amused her own children by telling them stories. Her daughter, Karin, named Pippi Longstocking, and the first written story was given to Karin as a birthday gift. The next year, 1945, Pippi Longstocking won a best children's book competition and Lindgren began writing the perennially child-pleasing stories that make up her enormous body of work, some of which are the series based on "Children of Noisy Village", the fable "The Tomten", the rambunctious "Karlson-On-the-Roof", the irrepressible"Lotta on Troublemaker Street" , the controversial "The Brothers Lionheart", and the unforgettable, wildly funny superheroine, Pippi, was featured in other books and became a star of stage, screen and television. Lindgren has been called the world's most read author of children's books. She is hailed as the third most translated children's book author after H.C. Andersen and the Grimm brothers. Her impact on the world of children's literature is immeasurable. Astrid Lindgren died in her sleep, in her home in Sweden on January 28, 2002 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Astrid Lindgren, ca. 1960 [source: Astrids bilder; author: unknown]
Series
Works by Astrid Lindgren
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking: The Story Book Based on the Movie (Viking Kestrel Picture Books) (1988) 27 copies
Kompa Kamppinen eli Olipa vähällä jäädä kirja Peppi Pitkätossusta kokonaan tulematta (1987) 16 copies
Pippi Longstocking 16 copies
Rasmus und der Landstreicher / Rasmus, Pontus und der Schwertschlucker. Jubiläumsedition (2007) 13 copies
The Pippi Longstocking 4-Book Set: Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board, Pippi in the South Seas, and Pippi on the… (2008) 13 copies
Jutte : Meisterdetektiiv Blomkvist; Meisterdetektiiv Blomkvisti ohtlik elu; Bullerby lapsed (1989) 9 copies
Min ko vill ha roligt : inhopp i djurskyddsdebatten - hur och varför det blev som det blev (1990) 7 copies
Aldrig våld! : tal hållet vid mottagandet av Tyska bokhandelns fredspris i Frankfurt den 22 oktober 1978 (1982) 5 copies
Bröderna Lejonhjärta : Samuel August från Sevedstorp och Hanna i Hult ; Har boken en framtid? (1987) 4 copies
Pippi Dlhá Pančucha 3 copies
Mein Kinderbuchschatz. Die schönsten Geschichten mit Pippi, den Olchis, Mama Muh und Pu (2013) 3 copies
Sia Lives on Kilimanjaro — Author — 3 copies
Kati 2 copies
25 automobile tours in Sweden 2 copies
Lại thằng nhóc Emil! 2 copies
מי מכיר את בילבי בת-גרב 2 copies
Sex pjäser för barn och ungdom 2 copies
Nye løjer med Emil fra Lønneberg 2 copies
Vakantie in Bolderburen 2 copies
Lennebergas Emīls 2 copies
Pippi Longstocking 2 book set: Pippi Longstocking (TX 215) & Pippi in the South Seas (TX 602) 2 copies
Pippi doet haar eigen zin 2 copies
Jede Menge Quatsch-Geschichten von Astrid Lindgren, Christine Nöstlinger, Erhard Dietl, Kirsten Boie, Paul Maar… (2014) 2 copies
Astrids bästa! [innehåller 32 sånger ur: Karlsson på taket, Madicken, Mio min Mio, Pippi… (1987) 2 copies
Peter og Petra 1 copy
Vakre julefortellinger 1 copy
Peppi Dovhapancocha : Malyj i Karlson, sco zyve na dachu : povisti : dlja molodsoho skilnoho viku (1990) 1 copy
Nya hyss av Emil i Lönnberga 1 copy
Madita und Pim 1 copy
D'Pippi 1 copy
Pippi tất dài 1 copy
The Tomten 1 copy
Pippi Uzun Çorap 1 copy
PÍPPI MEIALONGA 1 copy
PIPI MEIALONGA 1 copy
Börnin í Ólátagötu 1 copy
Krigsdagbøker 1939 - 1945 1 copy
PIP, DA MEIA COMPRIDA 1 copy
Madicken på Junibakken 1 copy
Du är inte klok Madicken 1 copy
Tre hyss med Emil och Ida CD 1 copy
Godnatt historier 1 copy
Meisterdetektiv Blomquiat 1 copy
Pippi lo arregla todo 1 copy
Pippi wchodzi na pokład 1 copy
Intrépide Fi Fi Brindacier 1 copy
Grāmata par Pepiju Garzeķi 1 copy
Pippi sosetica 1 copy
לילבס ילדת-הקרקס 1 copy
Allrakäraste Syster målarbok 1 copy
Pipi Calsasllargues 1 copy
UZUNCORAP KORSAN 1 copy
Wielka księga Pippi 1 copy
Pippi Calzelunghe 1 copy
Mere om os br̜n i Bulderby 1 copy
Weihnachetan in Bufferbii 1 copy
Sagorna 1 copy
Hyss, upptåg och äventyr med Emil, Pippi och Ronja Astrid Lindgren läser tre sagofigurer (2012) 1 copy
Michievous Meg 1 copy
Pippi im Taka-Tuka-Land 1 copy
Sia Lives on Kilimanjaro 1 copy
Ferien auf Saltkrokan 2 1 copy
Ferien auf Saltkrokan 1 1 copy
Jul med Astrid Lindgren 1 copy
Madicken 1 1 copy
Pippi Calsesllargues 1 copy
Mere om os børn i Bulderby 1 copy
Weihnachten auf Birkenlund 1 copy
Pippi Goes to Sea 1 copy
Dzieci z Bullerbin 1 copy
Mer Om Oss Barn I Bullerbyn 1 copy
Pippi I. Taka-Tuka-Land 1 copy
Pippi Langstrumpf 1 copy
Pippi Langstrumpf - CDs. Original Hörspiel zum neuen Kinofilm: Hey Pippi Langstrumpf. CD: Die schönsten Lieder… (1998) 1 copy
Vi på Saltkråkan 1 copy
Pippi Langkous (DVD) Grote piratenavontuur 4 complete afleveringen van de Originale TV serie (PAL) 1 copy
Der Räuber Fiolito 1 copy
Hommage à Maria Friedrich 1 copy
Pippis målarbok 1 copy
LONNEBERGA 1 copy
Lindgren Astrid 1 copy
Taoqi bao Yimier 1 copy
Karlson, Peppi i drugie 1 copy
Pipi dugacka carapa 1 copy
Verdens bedste Karlsson 1 copy
Lottas komihågbok 1 copy
Pippi stikker af 1 copy
Fifi - BD 3 - Fifi ne veut pas grandir et autres bandes dessinées (Fifi Brindacier, 3) (French Edition) (2015) 1 copy
Pippi gives a party 1 copy
Astrid Lindgrens jul 1 copy
Pippi Langstrumpf [VHS] 1 copy
Ἡ Πίπη Φακιδομύτη στίς… 1 copy
Japi 1 copy
Pippi feiert Geburstag 1 copy
The Charta 77 Foundation 1 copy
Kati in Amerika (Kati, #1) 1 copy
Ἡ Πίπη Φακιδομύτη… 1 copy
Pipi Goes Aboard 1 copy
Die schönsten Geschichten von Astrid Lindgren (3CD): Lesungen und Hörspiele, ca. 150 Min. (2017) 1 copy
Mi mundo perdido 1 copy
Associated Works
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributor — 90 copies
Shared Values for a Troubled World: Conversations with Men and Women of Conscience (1994) — Contributor — 26 copies
Geschichten Geschichten Geschichten . Zum Vorlesen und zum Selberlesen. Bilder von Ingrid Schneider (1988) — Contributor — 7 copies
Weihnachten bei den Elchen: Die schönsten Wintergeschichten aus Skandinavien (2015) — Author — 2 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 12, August 1975 — Contributor — 2 copies
Pippi Longstocking [1997 film] — Orginal author — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Lindgren, Astrid Anna Emilia
- Other names
- Lindgren, Astrida
- Birthdate
- 1907-11-14
- Date of death
- 2002-01-28
- Burial location
- Vimmerby, Sweden
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Sweden (birth)
- Country (for map)
- Sweden
- Birthplace
- Näs, Vimmerby, Småland, Sweden
- Place of death
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Places of residence
- Dalagatan 46, Stockholm, Sweden
Näs, Vimmerby, Småland, Sweden (birthplace) - Occupations
- novelist
screenwriter
journalist
secretary - Relationships
- Nyman, Karin (dotter)
Ericsson, Gunnar (bror)
Alvtegen, Karin (brorsbarnbarn)
Hergin, Stina (syster)
Lindström, Ingegerd (syster)
Eriksson, Erna Marianne (assistant) - Organizations
- Samfundet De Nio
- Awards and honors
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (established in her honor)
Hans Christian Andersen Award (1958)
The Schweitzer Medal (1988)
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