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Historien Om Någon
''Historien om någon'' (Swedish for "The Story About Someone") is a Swedish children's story written by and illustrated by Egon Møller-Nielsen. It was originally published by Folket i Bild in 1951, and has since been re-released by Rabén & Sjögren; a tactile edition for readers with impaired vision has also been produced by the Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille, with tactile illustrations by Eva P. Eriksson and Marguerite Ahlbom. A mystery picture book, ''Historien om någon'' sees the point-of-view character follow a red string of yarn through a Swedish 1950s house to learn the identity of an unknown visitor; a conceit that originally came from Møller-Nielsen. The book is considered a classic children's story, and is still in print as of 2018. Although Møller-Nielsen did not follow ''Historien om någon'' with further children's books, others have followed in its tradition of picture book spaces as play areas. A musical theater adaptation by Boulevardteatern pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egon Møller-Nielsen
Egon Möller-Nielsen (9 May 1915 - 27 September 1959) was a Danish-Swedish architect and sculptor. He was known for his abstract sculptures in surreal style which are found in several Swedish sites. Möller-Nielsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His parents were Niels Möller-Nielsen and Agnes Mary Gunnild Topshøj. He studied sculpture and architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1934–1937. During the period 1937–38, he made extensive study trips: Sweden, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Working with the Swedish book publisher Åke Löfgren, he illustrated the children's book '' Historien om någon'' (1951), which is considered a classic among children's books and was commercially successful, with between half a million and a million copies sold as of 2019. He worked at an architectural office at Helsinki in 1938-1939 and at Stockholm in 1939–1943. From 1957 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
