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Sara Caroline Lundberg (born 18 May 1971) is a Swedish illustrator and writer.


Biography

Sara Lundberg was educated at
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in
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, where she earned a bachelor's degree in theatre and art in 1994, at
Konstfack Konstfack, or University of Arts, Crafts and Design, is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden. History Konstfack has had several different names since it was founded in 1844 by the e ...
in Stockholm and at the
Royal Institute of Art The Royal Institute of Art ( sv, Kungliga Konsthögskolan) is an institution in Stockholm, Sweden for higher education in art,Swedish Academy for Children's Books The Swedish Academy for Children's Books ( sv, Svenska barnboksakademin) is a nonprofit society, established on 26 May 1989 at the Skärholmen Library in Stockholm, Sweden. Based on the Swedish Academy The Swedish Academy ( sv, Svenska Akad ...
. In 2009, she won the
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- ...
for children's and young adult literature for the book ''Skriv om och om igen'', together with Ylva Karlsson, Katarina Kuick and Lilian Bäckman. In the same year, she published the picture book ''Vita streck''. ''Vita streck och Öjvind'' was nominated for the August Prize for children's and young adult literature in 2011, and she won the August Prize for children's and young adult literature in 2017 for ''Fågeln i mig flyger vart den vill''.


Works

*2009 – ''Vita streck'' *2009 – ''Skriv om och om igen'' *2010 – ''Sommar'' *2011 – ''Emblas universum'' *2011 – ''Vita Streck och Öjvind'' *2013 – ''Öjvind och världens ände'' *2015 – ''Vita, Öjvind och Ingenting'' *2017 – ''Fågeln i mig flyger vart den vill'' *2019 – ''Dyksommar'' (with
Sara Stridsberg Sara Brita Stridsberg (born 29 August 1972) is a Swedish author and playwright. Her first novel, ''Happy Sally'' was about Sally Bauer, who in 1939 had become the first Scandinavian woman to swim the English Channel. Her big international breakt ...
) *2019 – ''Jag och alla'' (with Ylva Karlsson) *2021 – ''Glömdagen''


Awards

*2009 –
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- ...
*2012 – Elsa Beskow Plaque *2013 –
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 ...
*2017 –
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- ...
*2017 – Snöbollen - årets bilderbok


References

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