Lena Anderson
Lena Anderson | |
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| Born | 27 May 1939 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupations | children's book illustrator and author |
Lena Anderson (born 27 May 1939[1]) is a Swedish children's book illustrator and author.
Anderson was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1939.[2] She first gained international success for her illustrations in the 1985 picture book Linnea in Monet's Garden, which was translated into English in 1987.[3][4] The book, which she made with Christina Björk, took five years to finish.[2] She has worked on multiple other books with writer Christina Björk,[3] including a series of children's stories with the character Linnea.[5]
Anderson mainly draws nature-based illustrations. Her work draws from traditional Swedish picture book styles, similar to that of Elsa Beskow's work.[6][7]
Selected works
[edit | edit source]Illustrator
[edit | edit source]- Linnea Planterar ("Linnea's Windowsill Garden") (1978; English trans., 1988), by Christina Björk[4][8]
- Linnea in Monet's Garden (1985; English trans., 1987)[3]
- Linnea's Almanac (1985; English trans., 1989), by Christina Björk[9][8]
Author and illustrator
[edit | edit source]- Majas alfabet ("Maja's Alphabet") (1984)[6]
- Stina (1988; English trans., 1989)[3]
- Bunny Party (1989)[10]
- Stina's Visit (1989; English trans., 1991)[3]
- ABC, sa lilla t ("ABC, Said Little T") (1994)[6]
- Tea for Ten (1998; English trans., 2000)[3]
- Tick-Tock (1998)[11]
Awards
[edit | edit source]In 1984, Anderson won the Elsa Beskow-plaketten. She received the Rabén & Sjögren's illustrator scholarship in 1984.[12] In 1988, Anderson won the Astrid Lindgren Prize along with Christina Björk.[13] Also in 1988, Linnea in Monet's Garden received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Children's Literature Award) in the children's book category.[14]
Anderson was awarded the Illis quorum medal by the Government of Sweden on 13 July 2023.[15]
References
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External links
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- Living people
- Artists from Stockholm
- Swedish women children's writers
- Swedish children's writers
- 20th-century Swedish artists
- Swedish children's book illustrators
- Swedish women children's book illustrators
- 20th-century Swedish women writers
- 21st-century Swedish artists
- 21st-century Swedish women writers
- 1939 births
- Writers from Stockholm
- Recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Prize