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 ''

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''). Stark has collaborated with the illustrators Anna Höglund and Mati Lepp. From 1989 to 1998 he was an elected member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. In 1998 he received the

Nordic Children's Book Prize The Nordic Children's Book Prize (Danish: Nordisk Skolebibliotekarforenings Børnebogspris also called Nordisk Børnebogspris) is a children's literary prize which was established in 1985 by the Nordic Association of School Librarians (Nordisk Skole ...

Career

Stark was born and grew up in

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, which place features in several of his books. Stark's interest in writing started early; during his time at secondary school he was introduced to writing by his classmate , and in 1964 he wrote his first poetry collection, '. Following this, Stark's interest in writing for a career was greatly encouraged. Stark died on 13 June 2017 at the age of 72 after suffering from cancer.

Selected bibliography

English translations

*2005 – '' Can You Whistle, Johanna?,'' (

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) **2021 – '' Can You Whistle, Johanna?,'' (

) *2005 – ''My Friend Percy's Magical Gym Shoes,'' (

) *2007 – ''My Friend Percy and the Sheik,'' (

) *2007 – ''My Friend Percy and Buffalo Bill,'' (

) *2010 – ''Fruitloops and Dipsticks,'' (

) *2015 – ''When Dad Showed Me the Universe,'' (

) *2019 – ''The Runaways'', (

)

References

External links

Ulf Stark on www.forfatterweb.dk (Danish)

Ulf Stark (written on Danish)

Ulf Stark on Bonnier Carlsen's website

Ulf Stark on Gecko Press's website
1944 births 2017 deaths Swedish-language writers Swedish children's writers Swedish screenwriters Swedish male screenwriters Writers from Stockholm August Prize winners Best Screenplay Guldbagge Award winners Swedish male novelists Deaths from cancer in Sweden Swedish people of Walloon descent Recipients of the Nils Holgersson Plaque Recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Prize {{Sweden-writer-stub