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The Day Adam Got Mad
''The Day Adam Got Mad'', also ''Goran’s Great Escape'' (original title: ''Småländsk tjurfäktare'', also ''När Adam Engelbrekt blev tvärarg'' or ''Kalle - den lille tjurfäktaren'') is a children's book written by Astrid Lindgren. Plot Adam Engelbrecht is a bull. He is quite peaceful. But one day he gets furious. Nobody knows exactly why he has gotten so angry. Not even Adam Engelbrecht himself. But now he is running around the stable and the whole yard. People run away and are afraid of him. Only a very young boy, Kalle, is not scared of Adam Engelbrecht. He talks very gently to Adam Engelbrecht. At first Adam doesn't want to listen to Kalle. But the boy's tender, loving voice is so tempting and beguiling so that Adam Engelbrecht allows the boy to gently pet him. Suddenly Adam Engelbrecht is no longer angry and the boy walks with him back to the stable. The People are impressed, and they keep telling each other the story of the “youngest bullfighter in the world”. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the Six Bullerby Children (''Children of Noisy Village'' in the US), and for the children's fantasy novels '' Mio, My Son'', ''Ronia the Robber's Daughter'', and '' The Brothers Lionheart''. Lindgren worked on the Children's Literature Editorial Board at the Rabén & Sjögren publishing house in Stockholm and wrote more than 30 books for children. In January 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th most translated author, and the fourth most translated children's writer after Enid Blyton, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Lindgren has so far sold roughly 167 million books worldwide. In 1994, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "her unique authorship dedicated to the rights of children and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marit Törnqvist
Marit Törnqvist (born January 19, 1964) is a Swedish-Dutch author, artist and illustrator. She was best known for her illustrations in the books of Astrid Lindgren. Life and career Marit Törnqvist is the daughter of Egil Törnqvist, a professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Amsterdam and an academic literary critic. Her mother is author and translator Rita Törnqvist Verschuur. Törnqvist moved to the Netherlands at the age of five, where she still lives today. Her mother translated the books of Astrid Lindgren into Dutch. Thus, Törnqvist grew up with Lindgren's literature. From 1982 to 1987 Törnqvist went to the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. In 1989 Marit Törnqvist illustrated her first book The Christmas Carp (Swedish: Julkarpen) with her mother. They created it after a visit to Prague during the Christmas season. At the same time Törnqvist applied in Sweden as an illustrator and the publishing house Raben & Sjögren in Stockholm asked her not on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridgetunnel across the Öresund. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of , with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden has a nature dominated by forests and a large amount of lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, the fourth most spoken Germanic language and the first among any other of its type in the Nordic countries overall. Swedish, like the other Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is largely dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Written Norwegian and Danish are usually more easily understood by Swedish speakers than the spoken languages, due to the differences in tone, accent, and intonation. Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional varieties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabén & Sjögren
Rabén & Sjögren is a book publishing company in Sweden. It was established in 1942 by and . Since 1998 it has been part of Norstedts förlag. The publishing focus is on children's and youth literature. Rabén & Sjögren was very successful, publishing the books of Astrid Lindgren. Other authors include Enid Blyton and Jostein Gaarder. Rabén & Sjögren also published ''Svenskt författarlexikon , subtitled , is a Swedish biobibliographical dictionary of Swedish-language authors published by Rabén & Sjögren between 1942 and 1981, covering the years 1900–1975 in seven parts in ten volumes. The first part in three volumes was publis ...'' ('Dictionary of Swedish Authors'), a bibliobiographical dictionary of Swedish-language authors in ten volumes between 1942 and 1981. References External linksRabén & Sjögren Book publishing companies of Sweden Publishing companies established in 1942 1942 establishments in Sweden {{sweden-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1991. Events *February – Sisters Vanessa Redgrave (Olga) and Lynn Redgrave (Masha) make their first and only joint appearance on stage, with niece Jemma Redgrave as Irina, in the title rôles of Chekhov's '' Three Sisters'' at the Queen's Theatre, London. *July 11 – Hitoshi Igarashi (born 1947), Japanese translator of Salman Rushdie's 1988 novel ''The Satanic Verses'', is stabbed to death at the University of Tsukuba during The Satanic Verses controversy, in accordance with a fatwa against those involved in circulating the book. *October – Irvine Welsh's first published fiction, the short story "The First Day of the Edinburgh Festival", appears in '' New Writing Scotland''. It is later incorporated into '' Trainspotting''. *November 4 – An archaeological expedition is launched, eventually resulting in the discovery of a mass grave and identification of the body of the novelist Alain-Fourni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1993. Events *September 24 – Former president and writer Zviad Gamsakhurdia returns to Georgia to establish a government in exile in the city of Zugdidi. *November 17 – Annie Proulx wins the National Book Award in the United States for her novel ''The Shipping News''. *''unknown dates'' **Indrani Aikath Gyaltsen's novel ''Cranes' Morning'' appears in India, but proves to be plagiarized from Elizabeth Goudge's ''The Rosemary Tree'' (1956); its author will commit suicide in 1994. **Professor Stephen Hawking's ''A Brief History of Time'' becomes the longest-running book on ''The Sunday Times'' UK bestseller list. **Reality television contest ''Million's Poet'' (شاعر المليون) is launched in the United Arab Emirates. **Todur Zanet's translation of Jean Racine's ''Bajazet (play), Bajazet'' is produced by Moldova 1, a seminal moment in the development of Gagauz-language theatre. **The Guodian C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Andersen (Autor) (1929–2010), Danish boxer
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Jens Andersen may refer to: * Jens Andersen Lodehat (died 1431), Danish bishop * Jens Andersen Beldenak (died 1537), Danish bishop * Jens Banzon Hee Andersen (1820–1892), Danish farmer * Jens Mathias Bollerup Andersen (1822–1868), Danish politician * Jens Andersen (businessman) (1866–1937), Norwegian shoemaker and businessperson * Jens Andersen (writer) (born 1955), Danish writer * Jens Andersen (actor) (born 1971), Danish actor * Jens Andersen (boxer) Jens Christian Andersen (28 June 1929 – 24 April 2010) was a Danish amateur boxer who won a silver medal in the light-middleweight division at the 1951 European Championships, losing in the final to László Papp. He competed in the 1956 Summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Children On Troublemaker Street
''Lotta on Troublemaker Street'' ( sv, Lotta på Bråkmakargatan; also known as ''The Children on Troublemaker Street'') is a Swedish novel and picture book series by Rabén & Sjögren, which is written by Astrid Lindgren. Plot Lotta is a little girl who is three years old at the beginning of the book series. She lives with her siblings Jonas and Mia Maria and her parents on Troublemaker Street. Lotta's next-door neighbor is an elderly woman who Lotta simply calls Aunt Berg. Lotta often visits her. One day, when Lotta has an argument with her mother because she does not want to wear her scratchy sweater, she even moves into Aunt Berg's attic. She later feels lonely in the attic, so she decides to come back home with her father, when he visits her. Lotta often plays with her siblings Mia Maria and Jonas, but does not always want to follow their rules, so the games often end abruptly. Background The stories about Lotta take place in the late 1950s. The illustrations were made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Calf For Christmas
''A Calf for Christmas'' (original title: ''När Bäckhultarn for till stan'') is a children's book by Astrid Lindgren. Plot Johann is sad because Embla, the cow of his family, has died. It was the only cow that the family had. Soon it will be Christmas, but without the cow and its milk, it is going to be a very sad one. Meanwhile, a rich farmer buys a calf in the town. Afterwards, he goes into a pub and gets drunk. On his way back to the farm, he falls asleep on the carriage. But his horse keeps running, it knows the way back. When the farmer wakes up, he hears a loud roar of the calf. He believes it is the devil and throws the calf out of the carriage. Then he continues his way home. Johann discovers the calf in the snow and he is overjoyed. He believes that god has sent him this Christmas present and he can keep the calf, but his father says it may belong to someone and wants to find out to whom. Johann and his father find out that the calf belongs to the rich farmer and v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkus Reviews
''Kirkus Reviews'' (or ''Kirkus Media'') is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893–1980). The magazine is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature. ''Kirkus Reviews'', published on the first and 15th of each month; previews books before their publication. ''Kirkus'' reviews over 10,000 titles per year. History Virginia Kirkus was hired by Harper & Brothers to establish a children's book department in 1926. The department was eliminated as an economic measure in 1932 (for about a year), so Kirkus left and soon established her own book review service. Initially, she arranged to get galley proofs of "20 or so" books in advance of their publication; almost 80 years later, the service was receiving hundreds of books weekly and reviewing about 100. Initially titled ''Bulletin'' by Kirkus' Bookshop Service from 1933 to 1954, the title was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Children's Literature
The Swedish children's literature tradition was initiated by the Swedish-speaking Finn Zachris Topelius in the 19th century. It flourished at the dawn of the 20th century with Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), who wrote and illustrated some 40 children's stories between 1897–1952. Her books were beloved and have continued to be reprinted in Sweden and many other languages. In the 1930s a new awareness of children's needs emerged. It was realized that children did not only warrant disciplinary and moralizing literature, but also childlike books to foster their imagination. This manifested itself shortly after World War II, when Astrid Lindgren published Pippi Longstocking in 1945. Pippi's rebellious behavior initially sparked resistance among some defenders of cultural values, but her work was eventually accepted, and with that children's literature was freed from the obligation to promote moralism.Svensson, S., ''Så skulle världen bli som ny'', in Lönnroth, Delblanc & Göransson (ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
