Anna Höglund (born May 14, 1958) is a Swedish writer and illustrator, considered to be one of Sweden's best illustrators.

Life and career

She was born in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

and has no formal art training. Her first book was ''Sagan om Pannkakan'' ("The pancake story"), published in 1982. She has also written plays and made animated films. ''Sagan om Pannkakan'' was made into an animated film in 1992. Her work is included in the collections of the

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and the

Nationalmuseum Nationalmuseum is the List of national galleries, national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the Natio ...

in Stockholm.

Selected works

* ''Kan du vissla Johanna?'' (in English Can You Whistle, Johanna? from

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) text by

Ulf Stark Ulf Gottfrid Stark (12 July 1944 – 13 June 2017) was a Swedish author and screenwriter (he adapted several of his own books for film and wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film '' Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen''). Stark has collaborated with th ...

(1992) * ''Resor jag aldrig har gjort'' ("Journeys I have never made") (1992) * ''Mina och Kåge'' (1995) * '' Min syster är en ängel'' ("My Sister is an Angel") text by Ulf Stark (1996) * ''Om detta talar man endast med kaniner'' ("This is something that you only talk about with rabbits") (2013) *''Förvandlingen'' (in English The Stone Giant from

) (2018)

Awards

* Zilveren Penseel award for ''Kan du vissla Johanna?'' in 1994 *

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 ...

for ''Kan du vissla Johanna?'' in 1995 * Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for ''Resor jag aldrig har gjort'' in 1996 *

August Prize The August Prize () 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. The Swedish Publishers' Association also ...

for ''Min syster är en ängel'' in 1996 * Pier Paolo Vergerio European Prize for children's literature for ''Mina och Kåge'' in 1998 *

Nils Holgersson Plaque The Nils Holgersson Plaque is an award given by Swedish Library Association. It was established in 1950, and named for the book ''The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'' by Selma Lagerlöf. It is an annual award given to the author of the best children' ...

for ''Om detta talar man endast med kaniner'' in 2014

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoglund, Anna 1958 births Living people Swedish women children's book illustrators Swedish children's book illustrators Swedish women children's writers Writers from Stockholm August Prize winners 20th-century Swedish women writers 21st-century Swedish women writers Recipients of the Nils Holgersson Plaque Recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Prize