Anna-Clara Beatrice Tidholm (born ''Tjerneld'' on 7 January 1946 in
Stockholm
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,
Sweden
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) is a Swedish
children's writer
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
and
illustrator
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. She grew up on
Djurgården
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in Stockholm. Since 1970, she lives at a
small farm
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* Small (anatomy), the lumbar region of the back
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...
in
Arbrå
Arbrå () is the second largest locality in Bollnäs Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 2,215 inhabitants in 2010.
Points of interest
* Arbråmasten, a 331 metres tall guyed TV mast.
Notable people
*Gösta "Snoddas" Nordgren, sing ...
.
Bibliography
* ''
Tillbaks till naturen'' - 1970
* ''
Bolaget, pluttarna och moskrogafolket'' - 1970 (together with
Mats Arvidsson
Mats Arvidsson (born 19 April 1958) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender.
Arvidsson played for Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most ...
)
* ''
Vad Bosse fick se'' - 1971 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Jätten och ekorren'' - 1980
* ''
Korven'' - 1981
* ''
Sagan om osten'' - 1981
* ''
Pojken och hans ulliga får'' - 1983
* ''
Åke-boken'' - 1983 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Spårlöst borta'' - 1984 (together with
Ulf Nilsson)
* ''
Glöm inte jordnötterna'' - 1985 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Kanin med nedhängande öron'' - 1985
* ''
Barnens svenska historia'' - 1986 (together with
Sonja Hulth)
* ''
Arbete, arbetstider och tidsanvändning i tre svenska kommuner'' - 1987 (together with
Ola Sabel)
* ''
Ett jobb för Jacko'' - 1987 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Resan till Ugri La Brek'' - 1987 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Jims vinter'' - 1988 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Ett fall för Nalle'' - 1988
* ''
Se upp för elefanterna'' - 1989 (together with
Ulf Nilsson)
* ''
Balladen om Marjan och Rolf'' - 1989 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Vill ha syster'' - 1991 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Pojken och stjärnan'' - 1991 (together with
Barbro Lindgren
Barbro Lindgren (born 18 March 1937) is a Swedish writer of children's books and books for adult readers. For her lasting contribution as a children's writer, Lindgren was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in ...
)
* ''
Sova över'' - 1992 (together with
Siv Widerberg
Siv Widerberg (12 June 1931 – 24 December 2020) was a Swedish writer and journalist. She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Umeå.
Widerberg was born in Bromma
Bromma () is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the western pa ...
)
* ''
Knacka på'' - 1992
* ''
Förr i tiden i skogen'' - 1993 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Allihop'' - 1993
* ''
Hitta på'' - 1993
* ''
Ut och gå'' - 1993
* ''
Kaspers alla dagar'' - 1994 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Varför då?'' - 1994
* ''
De älskade film'' - 1995 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Ture kokar soppa'' - 1995
* ''
Ture blåser bort'' - 1995
* ''
Lanas land'' - 1996 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Ture skräpar ner'' - 1996
* ''
En svart hund'' - 1997 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Ture sitter och tittar'' - 1997
* ''
Nalle hej'' - 1997
* ''
Ture blir blöt'' - 1997
* ''
Ture skottar snö'' - 1997
* ''
Flickornas historia'' - 1997 (together with
Kristina Lindström Kristina may refer to:
Places
*the Swedish name of Ristiina, a town in Finland
People
*the Swedish name of Christina of Sweden
* Kristina (born 1987), Slovak singer
*Kristina Adolphson (born 1937), Swedish actress
*Kristina Apgar (born 1985), Amer ...
)
* ''
Ture borstar tänderna'' - 1998
* ''
Ture får besök'' - 1998
* ''
Alla djuren'' - 1998
* ''
Se ut'' - 1999 (together with
Lisa Berg Ortman)
* ''
Långa ben'' - 1999 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Läsa bok'' - 1999
* ''
Apan fin'' - 1999
* ''
Kaninen som längtade hem'' - 1999 (together with
Lilian Edvall)
* ''
Flickan som bara ville läsa'' - 2000 (together with
Sonja Hulth)
* ''
Lilla grodan'' - 2000
* ''
Mera mat'' - 2000
* ''
Adjö, herr Muffin'' - 2002 (together with
Ulf Nilsson)
* ''
Jolanta
Jolanta (or Jolantha) is a Czech, Lithuanian, Polish and Slovak form of the Greek name Iolanthe. It is derived from Greek words ιολη (iole) "violet" and ανθος (anthos) "flower". Similar names also derived from Iolanthe are Yolande, Jola ...
'' - 2002 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
Hela natten'' - 2002
* ''
Lite sjuk'' - 2002
* ''
Jag behöver lillbrorsan'' - 2002 (together with
Solja Krapu)
* ''
Flickornas historia, Europa'' - 2002 (together with
Kristina Lindström Kristina may refer to:
Places
*the Swedish name of Ristiina, a town in Finland
People
*the Swedish name of Christina of Sweden
* Kristina (born 1987), Slovak singer
*Kristina Adolphson (born 1937), Swedish actress
*Kristina Apgar (born 1985), Amer ...
)
* ''
Pappan som försvann'' - 2003
* ''
Alla får åka med'' - 2004
* ''
Hanna, huset, hunden'' - 2004
* ''
Väck inte den björn som sover'' - 2004 (together with )
* ''
När vi fick Felix'' - 2005 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
* ''
En liten stund'' - 2006
* ''
Det var en gång en räv som sprang i mörkret'' - 2014 (together with
Thomas Tidholm
Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's ...
)
Prizes and awards
*
Elsa Beskow Plaque 1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
(for ”her entire production”)
*
Expressens Heffaklump Expressens Heffaklump (Heffaklumpen) is a Swedish annual award for children's and youth culture, especially children's and youth literature, that is awarded by the newspaper Expressen. The award was established in 1966 and the original award statue ...
1987
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*
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
The (German Youth Literature Award) is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's and young adult literature. It is Germany's only ...
1992
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(for ''Resan till Ugri La Brek'')
*
Wettergren's Children's Book Column 1993
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*
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 ...
1997
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*
Countryside's Writer's Scholarship 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
*
ABF's Literature Prize 2001
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*
August Prize
The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories.
Prize
In the years 1989- ...
2002
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(for ''Adjö, herr Muffin'')
*
BMF Plaque 2002
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*
Book Jury (category 0–6 år)
2002
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*
Carl von Linné Plaque 2003
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(for ''Flickornas historia, Europa'')
References
1946 births
Living people
Writers from Stockholm
Swedish women children's writers
Swedish children's writers
Swedish children's book illustrators
Swedish women illustrators
20th-century Swedish writers
20th-century Swedish women writers
21st-century Swedish writers
21st-century Swedish women writers
Artists from Stockholm
August Prize winners
Recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Prize
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