Ulf Lennart Nilsson (18 September 1948 – 22 September 2021) was a Swedish writer who published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents. He was also the longtime president of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. A number of his works have been translated into English by

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. Nilsson died on 22 September 2021, at the age of 73.

Books

*1979 – Pojkjävlarna *1982 – Älskade lilla gris *1983 – Lilla syster Kanin (together with Eva Eriksson) *1983 – En kamp för frihet *1985 – If You Didn't Have Me ( sv, Om ni inte hade mig) *1985 – Den fräcka kråkan *1986 – Boeing 747 (together with Pija Lindenbaum) *1994 – Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna *1996 – En dag med mössens brandkår *2001 – Varg nosar och jagar *1998 – En frälsare är född *2002 – Adjö, herr Muffin (together with Anna-Clara Tidholm) *2004 – En ängel vid din sida *2005 – En halv tusenlapp (together with Filippa Widlund) *2005 – Liten mus trycker på knappar *2006 – Den döde talar *2006 – Lilla syster kanin går alldeles vilse *2006 – Alla döda små djur *2007 – Ensam bland rävar

English translations

*2006 – ''All the Dear Little Animals'', (

) 32pp., **2020 – ''All the Dear Little Animals'', chapter book edition (

) 64pp., *2015 – ''Detective Gordon: The First Case'', (Gecko Press) 96pp., *2016 – ''Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case'', (Gecko Press) 96pp., *2017 – ''Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case'', (Gecko Press)108pp., *2018 – ''Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy'', (Gecko Press) 112pp.,

Awards

Nilsson has received 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- ...

(''Augustpriset'') twice, the only writer for children and young adults to have been so recognized, and a distinction he shares with only four other writers for readers of any age. *1983 – BMF-plaketten (jointly with illustrator Eva Eriksson) for ''Lilla syster kanin'' *1984 – Nils Holgersson-plaketten for ''Lilla syster Kanin'' and ''En kamp för frihet''Nils Holgersson-plaketten
Swedish Institute for Children's Books, retrieved 5 August 2014 *1985 – Expressens Heffaklump for ''Om ni inte hade mig'' and ''Den fräcka kråkan'' *1994 –

Augustpriset 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 ''Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna'' *2002 – Augustpriset for ''Adjö, herr Muffin'' *2002 – BMF-plaketten *2002 – Bokjuryn (category 0–6 years) *2006 – The

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 ...

for his authorship of child and youth literature *2010 – Schullströmska prize for Children's Literature

References

External links

Ulf Nilsson author biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Ulf 1948 births 2021 deaths Swedish children's writers Swedish-language writers People from Helsingborg August Prize winners 20th-century Swedish writers 20th-century Swedish male writers 21st-century Swedish writers 21st-century Swedish male writers