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Lena Anderson is a Swedish children's book illustrator and author.

Anderson was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1939.[1] 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.[2][3] The book, which she made with Christina Björk, took five years to finish.[1] She has worked on multiple other books with writer Christina Björk,[2] including a series of children's stories with the character Linnea.[4] Anderson's nature-based drawings continue the tradition of Swedish picture book styles, similar to that of Elsa Beskow's work.[5][6]

Selected works

Illustrator

  • Linnea Planterar ("Linnea's Windowsill Garden") (1978; English trans., 1988), by Christina Björk[3][7]
  • Linnea in Monet's Garden (1985; English trans., 1987)[2]
  • Linnea's Almanac (1985; English trans., 1989), by Christina Björk[8][7]

Author and illustrator

  • Majas alfabet ("Maja's Alphabet") (1984)[5]
  • Stina (1988; English trans., 1989)[2]
  • Bunny Party (1989)[9]
  • Stina's Visit (1989; English trans., 1991)[2]
  • ABC, sa lilla t ("ABC, Said Little T") (1994)[5]
  • Tea for Ten (1998; English trans., 2000)[2]
  • Tick-Tock (1998)[10]

Awards

In 1984, Anderson won the Elsa Beskow-plaketten [sv]. She received the Rabén & Sjögren's illustrator scholarship [sv] in 1984.[11] In 1988, Anderson won the Astrid Lindgren Prize along with Christina Björk.[12] Also in 1988, Linnea in Monet's Garden received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Children's Literature Award) in the children's book category.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Barnboksillustratören Lena Anderson ställer ut på Millesgården" (in Swedish). Boktugg. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Nikolajeva, Maria (2006). "Anderson, Lena". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514656-1.
  3. ^ a b Westin, Boel (1996). Children's Literature in Sweden. Swedish Institute. p. 58. ISBN 91-520-0384-1. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  4. ^ Graeber, Laurel (20 March 1998). "Family Fare: Linnea's Day With Monet". The New York Times. p. E43. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Westin 1996, pg. 60
  6. ^ "Swedish children's Literature". sweden.se. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b Holton, Barbara (1993). From Loraxes to Thoraxes: Science Programs for Children in Libraries. ERIC (Education Resources Information Center). pp. 41–42.
  8. ^ Bereiter, Carl (1995). Collections for Young Scholars. Open Court Publishing Company. pp. 5, 7. ISBN 0-8126-3248-6. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Bunny Party". Publishers Weekly. 27 February 1989. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Tick-Tock". Publishers Weekly. 1 June 1998. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  11. ^ "ANNONS: Lena Anderson ställer ut på Millesgården – köp hennes älskade motiv här". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  12. ^ "Priser i Astrids namn". astridlindgren.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Linnéa im Garten des Malers". jugendliteratur.org (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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