Eva Eriksson, born on 13 May 1949[1] in Halmstad, Sweden is a Swedish illustrator and writer. She has illustrated several children's books[2] by writers including Barbro Lindgren and Viveca Lärn. Some of her illustrated books have also been translated into the English language by Gecko Press and other publishers.
Eva Eriksson | |
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 Eriksson at the 2012 Gothenburg Book Fair | |
| Born | 13 May 1949 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Notable work | Eddie Max Den vilda bebin Mimmi |
She studied at Konstfack in Stockholm. Between 2003-2012 she held seat number 1 of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books.[3]
Select bibliography
edit- 2006: All the Dear Little Animals, written by Ulf Nilsson 32pp., ISBN 978-0-9582598-8-0[4]
- 2009: When We Were Alone in the World, written by Ulf Nilsson, 32pp., ISBN 978-1-877467-35-6[5]
- 2014: My Heart is Laughing, written by Rose Lagercrantz, 120pp., ISBN 9781927271216[6]
- 2015: When I Am Happiest, written by Rose Lagercrantz, 128pp., ISBN 978-1-927271-89-6[7]
- 2015: When Dad Showed Me the Universe, written by Ulf Stark. 32pp., ISBN 978-1-927271-81-0[8]
- 2016: The Midsummer Tomte and the Little Rabbits, written by Ulf Stark. 120pp., ISBN 978-178250-244-9[9]
- 2016: The Yule Tomte and the Little Rabbits, written by Ulf Stark. 104pp., ISBN 978-178250-136-7[10]
- 2017: Little Sister Rabbit and the Fox, written by Ulf Nilsson. 32pp., ISBN 978-178250-378-1[11]
- 2017: Little Sister Rabbit Gets Lost, written by Ulf Nilsson. 32pp., ISBN 978-178250-377-4[12]
Awards
edit- 1981: Elsa Beskow plaque[13]
- 1981: Expressens Heffalump
- 1983: BMF Children's plaque (together with Ulf Nilsson ) for the Little Sister Rabbit
- 1985: BMF Children's plaque (together with Viveca Lärn ) for We sneak in Enoch
- 1986: Raben & Sjogren signs scholarship
- 1998: BMF Children's Plaque for Malla's
- 1999: Knut V Pettersson -stipendiat
- 2001: Astrid Lindgren Prize
- 2006: Ottilia Adelborg Prize
- 2008: Emil Prize
References
edit- ^ "Eva Eriksson" (in Swedish). sfi.se. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ Anders Ekström (23 February 2007). "Med respekt för små barn" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Svenska barnboksakademins tidigare ledamöter" (in Swedish). Swedish Academy for Children's Books. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Nilsson, Ulf (March 2007). All the Dear Little Animals. Gecko Press. ISBN 9780958259880. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Nilsson, Ulf (April 2010). When We Were Alone in the World. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781877467349. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Lagercrantz, Rose (2014). My Heart is Laughing. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781927271216. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
my heart is laughing.
- ^ Lagercrantz, Rose (2015). When I am Happiest. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776570218. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
my heart is laughing.
- ^ Stark, Ulf (2015). When Dad Showed Me the Universe. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776570133. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
when dad showed me the universe.
- ^ Stark, Ulf (2016). The Midsummer Tomte and the Little Rabbits. Floris Books. ISBN 9781782502449.
- ^ Stark, Ulf (2016). The Yule Tomte and the Little Rabbits. Floris Books. ISBN 9781782501367.
- ^ Nilsson, Ulf (2017). Little Sister Rabbit and the Fox. Floris Books. ISBN 9781782503781.
- ^ Nilsson, Ulf (2017). Little Sister Rabbit Gets Lost. Floris Books. ISBN 9781782503774.
- ^ "Sveriges biblioteks utmärkelser". Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
External links
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- Eva Eriksson at Library of Congress, with 30 library catalogue records
- English information page