Astrid Lindgren
14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002
Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer of children's books whose works have been translated into more than a hundred languages. She is best known for Pippi Longstocking, first published in 1945, and for series including Emil of Lönneberga and The Six Bullerby Children. She worked as a children's book editor at the publisher Rabén & Sjögren and was also active in Swedish public debates on taxation and animal welfare.
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Life events
She was born Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson on 14 November 1907 on a farm in Småland.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe joined the local newspaper after leaving school in the mid-1920s.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe moved to Stockholm to train as a stenographer and her son was born in Copenhagen in December 1926, fostered there for several years.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe married her employer at the Royal Automobile Club in 1931 and took the surname Lindgren.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgKarin, born in 1934, later suggested the name Pippi Longstocking during an illness.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe manuscript won a competition held by Rabén & Sjögren and was published in 1945.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe led the publisher's children's list for more than two decades while continuing to write.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer 1976 article in Expressen about her marginal tax rate became part of that year's Swedish election debate.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe was honoured in 1994 for her work on behalf of children and animals.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe died at her home on Dalagatan on 28 January 2002 at the age of 94.
Source: en.wikipedia.org