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Mårten Melin
Mårten Adolfsson Melin (born 9 December 1972) is a Swedish author of children's and youth books, who received the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2022. Career Melin trained as a librarian. He made his literary debut in 2003 with the poetry picture book ''Mera glass i däcken'', illustrated by Emma Adbåge. Since then, he has written over hundred books for children and young people. Between 2002 and 2009, Melin also wrote a large number of comics for the newspaper Bamse. In 2012, Melin's poetry collection ''Jag er världen'' was nominated for the August Prize in the category for children's and youth literature. He has been translated into several languages and been a member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. In 2019, Melin's short story ''Mammas lilla prins'' was nominated for Sveriges Radio's short story prize, and he has been nominated for Barnradion's book prize three times. In 2022, he was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Prize. Works * ''Mera glass i däcken'' (Eriksson & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrid Lindgren Prize
The Astrid Lindgren-priset, or Astrid Lindgren Prize in English, is a Swedish literary award for children's literature named after the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. The prize was instituted by the publishing house Rabén & Sjögren in 1967 to honour Lindgren on her 60th birthday. It is awarded annually on Lindgren's birthday, 14 November, to a Swedish writer for children and young adults; this distinguishes it from the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award ( sv, Litteraturpriset till Astrid Lindgrens minne) is an international children's literary award established by the Swedish government in 2002 to honour the Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren (1907– ... which has a more international focus. Recipients References {{authority control Swedish literary awards Astrid Lindgren Awards established in 1967 1967 establishments in Sweden Astrid Lindgren Prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |