Ulf Nilsson (author)
Ulf Nilsson | |
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Born |
1948 Helsingborg, Sweden |
Occupation | writer |
Language | Swedish |
Nationality | Swedish |
Period | 1979- |
Genre | children-youth |
Ulf Nilsson (born in Helsingborg in 1948), is an award-winning Swedish writer[1] who has published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents.[2] He is also the long-running president of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books.
Books
- 1979 - Pojkjävlarna
- 1982 - Älskade lilla gris
- 1983 - Lilla syster Kanin (together with Eva Eriksson)
- 1983 - En kamp för frihet
- 1985 - If You Didn't Have Me (Swedish: Om ni inte hade mig)[3]
- 1985 - Den fräcka kråkan
- 1986 - Boeing 747 (together with Pija Lindenbaum)
- 1994 - Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna
- 1996 - En dag med mössens brandkår
- 2001 - Varg nosar och jagar
- 1998 - En frälsare är född
- 2002 - Adjö, herr Muffin (together with Anna-Clara Tidholm)
- 2004 - En ängel vid din sida
- 2005 - En halv tusenlapp (together with Filippa Widlund)
- 2005 - Liten mus trycker på knappar
- 2006 - Den döde talar
- 2006 - Lilla syster kanin går alldeles vilse
- 2006 - Alla döda små djur
- 2007 - Ensam bland rävar
Awards
Nilsson has received the August Prize (Augustpriset) twice, the only writer for children and young adults to have been so recognized,[4] and a distinction he shares with only four other writers for readers of any age.[5]
- 1983 - BMF-plaketten (jointly with illustrator Eva Eriksson) for Lilla syster kanin
- 1984 - Nils Holgersson-plaketten for Lilla syster Kanin and En kamp för frihet[6]
- 1985 - Expressens Heffaklump for Om ni inte hade mig and Den fräcka kråkan
- 1994 - Augustpriset for Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna
- 2002 - Augustpriset for Adjö, herr Muffin
- 2002 - BMF-plaketten
- 2002 - Bokjuryn (category 0–6 years)
- 2006 - The Astrid Lindgren Prize for his authorship of child and youth literature
- 2010 - Schullströmska prize for Children's Literature
References
- ↑ Bonnier Group Agency - Ulf Nilsson biography
- ↑ Nationalencyklopedin biographical entry about Nilsson, retrieved 5 Aug 2014
- ↑ "Review: If You Didn't Have Me". Kirkus. 1 March 1987. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ Åsa Warnqvist; Sarah Death (Spring 2013). "New Swedish Books for Young Readers". Swedish Arts Council. p. 15.
- ↑ Augustpriset genom åren, Swedish Publishers’ Association. Retrieved 5 Aug 2014 (Swedish)
- ↑ Nils Holgersson-plaketten, Swedish Institute for Children's Books, retrieved 5 Aug 2014
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