Allan Rune Pettersson (9 March 1936 – 15 August 2018)
was a
Swedish
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author.
After a varied career as a producer of children's programmes on Swedish radio and later as an innkeeper in
Portugal
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, he became a freelance writer on his return to
Sweden
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in 1965.
He has written several children's books, plays for children and adults for stage, radio and TV. Notable books include ''
Frankenstein's Aunt
Frankenstein's Aunt is the protagonist of three novels - two by Allan Rune Pettersson and a seven-episode TV miniseries based on the first one. The story is a humorous homage to the Universal Horror ''Frankenstein'' films.
Novels ''Frankenstei ...
'' and ''
Frankenstein's Aunt Returns
''Frankenstein's Aunt Returns'' is a novel by Allan Rune Pettersson that was first published in Sweden in 1989. The book is a sequel to the first book '' Frankenstein's Aunt''. The story is about Franklin (named after Benjamin Franklin
B ...
''.
Works
Children's books
* Morbror Adolf Series:
*# ''Leta rätt på morbror Adolf'' (1963)
*# ''Morbror Adolf försvinner igen'' (1964)
*# ''Morbror Adolf går till botten'' (1966)
*# ''Morbror Adolf rider västerut'' (1967)
*# ''Morbror Adolf på månen'' (1970)
* ''Ett hus i Portugal'' (1965)
* ''Snagg, en sjöman med krut i'' (1968)
* ''Jätten Sju Trappor'' (1969)
* ''En skorsten på huvet'' (1972)
* Frankenstein's Aunt Series:
*# ''Frankenstein's Aunt'' (''Frankensteins faster'') (1978)
*# ''Frankenstein's Aunt Returns'' (''Frankensteins faster - igen!'') (1989)
* ''Fyra lejon äter middag'' (1982)
* ''Kalle o Kamillo'' (1983)
Plays
* ''Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde'' (1961)
* ''Barnförbjudet'' (1969)
* ''Blåmärken'' (1969)
* ''Örat'' (1970)
References
*
* "Pettersson, Allan Rune", ''
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 publish ...
''
part 5an
External links
* http://www.bokrecension.se/Rune-Pettersson List of books of Allan Rune Pettersson (Swedish)
1936 births
2018 deaths
Swedish male writers
Writers from Stockholm
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