Stina Wirsén

Stina Wirsén (born 1968 in Älvsjö, Stockholm Municipality) is a Swedish illustrator and cartoonist.

Wirsén was educated in Konstfack between 1985 and 1992.[1] She was an illustrator of the daily Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter from 1993 to 2010.[2] She is known by readers for her fashion illustrations, although she also made political caricatures and travel reports. She won many awards generally given to illustrators of Sweden, such as the annual Elsa Beskow Plaque in 2000.[3]

Children's illustrations

Wirsén is also known for her picture books for children. Among the book series she created are En bok för de minsta små and Vem?. Another series, created with her mother Carin Wirsén and sister Anna Hörling, is Little Pink & Brokiga, whose characters debuted in 2006. The series gained enough success to expand into a children's brand of merchandise, which later reached to Japan.[4]

She directed an animated feature based on Brokiga titled Lilla Skär och alla små brokiga, which was released in Swedish cinemas on September 22, 2012. Stellan Skarsgård is a narrator of the 35-minute film. The feature gained controversy due to the appearance of a character named Lilla Hjärtat, who has characteristics of African racial stereotypes. Wirsén, who calls the alleged racism unintentional, had recalled posters of the film, stopped publishing books featuring Lilla Hjärtat, and vowed not to draw the character again.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Kulturrådet - Illustration". Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  2. ↑ "Stina Wirsén lämnar DN". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  3. ↑ "Svenska Barboks Institutet - Elsa Beskow-plaketten" (in Swedish).
  4. ↑ Loveday, Samantha (2010-08-18). "Plus Licens adds Little Pink and Brokiga Friends". Licensing.biz (Intent Media). Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  5. ↑ "'Racist' ads removed for Swedish kids' film". The Local. 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  6. ↑ "Library removes “Lilla hjärtat” books". Sveriges Radio. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Ms Kristín Loftsdóttir; Mr Lars Jensen (28 November 2014). Crisis in the Nordic Nations and Beyond: At the Intersection of Environment, Finance and Multiculturalism. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 78–79. ISBN 978-1-4724-2538-6.

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