{{Short description|Swedish children's writer (born 1937)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Barbro Lindgren | image = Barbro Lindgren 2014-04-02 002.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Barbro Enskog | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|3|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bromma, Sweden | nationality = | pseudonym = | occupation = Writer | period = 1965–present | genre = Children's fiction, picture books <!--prefer more specific--> | subject = <!--nonfiction if any is important--> | movement = | notableworks = ''The Wild Baby'', ''Max'' }} '''Barbro Lindgren''' (born 18 March 1937) is a Swedish writer of children's literature and books for adult readers.<ref name=sfi /> For her lasting contribution as a children's writer, Lindgren was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2004.<ref name=ibby2004/> Ten years later, she won the annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.<ref name=alma2014/> The biggest cash prize in children's and young-adult literature, it rewards a writer, illustrator, oral storyteller, or reading promoter for its entire body of work.<ref name=alma/>
== Life == Barbro Enskog was born in Bromma, Stockholm. She graduated from art school in 1958 and has been writing books for publication since 1965. Her style has exerted a major influence on Swedish children's literature. Located between realism and surrealism, her works are humorous and imaginative, and her books for children treat important issues to be taken seriously and treated for children.
Lindgren won the 1973 Astrid Lindgren Prize, an annual Swedish literary award distinct from the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The once-in-a-lifetime award established on Astrid Lindgren's 60th birthday honours good writing for children or youth.<ref name=ALP/> Barbro Lindgren's long-time collaborator,<ref name=alma2014/> the illustrator Eva Eriksson (born 1949), won the prize in 2001.<ref name=ALP/>
== Awards == [[File:Barbro Lindgren & Tomas Tranströmer ALMA 2014 001.jpg|thumb|With Tomas Tranströmer for her 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award]]
* Grammis for {{Lang|sv|Goda' Goda'}}, 1970<ref>{{Citation |last=Lome |first=Ragnild |title=Barbro Lindgren |date=2022-03-03 |url=http://snl.no/Barbro_Lindgren |work=Great Norwegian Encyclopedia |language=nb |access-date=2022-06-01 |last2=Haugen |first2=Morten Olsen}}</ref> * Expressens Heffaklump, 1971<ref>[https://www.svd.se/a/70wB0B/jag-velat-bli-forfattare-anda-sedan-jag-var-sex-ar "Har velat bli författare sedan jag var sex år"]</ref> * Astrid Lindgren Prize, 1973<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Barbro Lindgren 1974 - Sommar & Vinter i P1 |url=https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/425085 |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Sveriges Radio |language=sv}}</ref> * Nils Holgersson Plaque for {{Lang|sv|Lilla sparvel}}, 1977<ref name=":0" /> * Samfundet De Nio's Astrid Lindgren Prize, 2004<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-02-05 |title=De nio belönar Barbro Lindgren |language=sv |work=Sveriges Radio |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/364076 |access-date=2022-06-01}}</ref> * Illis quorum, 2009<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-02-19 |title=Illis quorum till Barbro Lindgren |url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/illis-quorum-till-barbro-lindgren/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> * Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, 2014<ref name="alma2014" /> * H. M. The King's Medal, 2020<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiklund |first=Helena |date=2020-06-06 |title=Hovet: Leif GW Persson får medalj av kungen |url=https://www.svenskdam.se/kungligt/hovet-leif-gw-persson-far-medalj-av-kungen/5942229 |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=www.svenskdam.se |publisher=Svensk Damtidning |language=sv-SE}}</ref>
==Selected books== * 1965 - ''Mattias sommar'' (English: ''Mattias' Summer''), self-illustrated, her first published book<ref name=alma2014/> * 1966 - ''Mera om Mattias'' * 1967 - ''Hej hej Mattias'' * 1967 - ''Genom ventilerna'' * 1968 - ''I Västan Grind'' * 1969 - ''Loranga, Masarin och Dartanjang'', self-illustrated<ref name=alma2014/> * 1970 - ''Felipe'' * 1970 - ''Loranga. Loranga'' * 1970 - ''Nu har Kalle fått en lillasyster'' * 1971 - ''Goda' Goda''' * 1971 - ''Nu är vi gorillor låssas vi'' * 1971 - ''Jättehemligt'' (English: ''Big Secret''), first of an "autobiographical series of books in diary form"<ref name=alma2014/> * 1972 - ''Världshemligt'' (English: ''Top Secret''), sequel to ''Jättehemligt''<ref name=alma2014/> * 1972 - ''Alban'' * 1972 - ''Eldvin'' * 1973 - ''Bladen brinner'' (English: ''Pages on Fire''), sequel to ''Jättehemligt''<ref name=alma2014/> * 1974 - ''Gröngölingen är på väg'' * 1975 - ''Molnens bröder'' * 1975 - ''Barbros pjäser för barn och andra'' * 1976 - ''Rapport från marken'' * 1976 - ''Lilla sparvel'' * 1976 - ''Vad tycker du?'' * 1977 - ''Stora sparvel'' * 1978 - ''Garderobsbio'' * 1978 - ''Hemliga lådans hemligheter'' * 1978 - ''Kom ner från trädet'' * 1978 - ''Världens längsta korv'' * 1978 - ''Var är mina byxor'' * 1978 - ''Jag har en tam myra'' * 1979 - ''Bara Sparvel'' * 1979 - ''Det riktiga havet'' * 1979 - ''Sagan om den lilla farbrorn'' (English: ''The Story of the Little Old Man''), illustrated by Eva Eriksson<ref name=alma2014/>{{efn|name=max}} * 1980 - ''Nils Pantaloni Penell'' * 1980 - ''Mamman och den vilda bebin'' (English: ''The Wild Baby'', 1981), illustrated by Eva Eriksson * 1981 - ''Max nalle'', picture book, illustrated by Eva Eriksson, first in the little ''Max'' series{{efn|name=max}} or ''Sam'' series{{efn|name=sam}} * 1981 - ''Max bil'' * 1981 - ''Max kaka'' * 1982 - ''Pompe badar i en å'' * 1982 - ''Pompe går i skogen'', illustrated by Eva Eriksson * 1982 - ''En liten cyklist'' * 1982 - ''Max lampa'' * 1982 - ''Max balja'' * 1982 - ''Max boll'' * 1982 - ''Den vilda bebiresan'' (English: ''The Wild Baby's Boat Trip'', 1983) * 1983 - ''Pompe tar en promenad'' * 1983 - ''OBS! Viktigt'' * 1984 - ''Prinsessan på ärten'' * 1984 - ''Den fula ankungen'' * 1985 - ''Sakta, sakta ... men ändå framåt'' * 1985 - ''Sagan om Karlknut'' * 1985 - ''Hunden med rocken'' * 1985 - ''Vilda bebin får en hund'' (English: ''The Wild Baby's Dog'', 1986) * 1986 - ''Vitkind'' * 1986 - ''Max potta'' * 1986 - ''Max dockvagn'' * 1987 - ''Vems lilla mössa flyger?'' (English: ''Whose Little Hat is Flying?''), chapter book<ref name=alma2014/> * 1987 - ''Pellerell'' * 1988 - ''Nu är du mitt barn'' * 1988 - ''Hemligheter'' * 1989 - ''Sunkan flyger'', with Olof Landström * 1990 - ''Den vilda bebiresan'' * 1990 - ''Korken flyger'' (English: ''The Cork is Flying''), chapter book<ref name=alma2014/> * 1990 - ''Stackars Allan'' * 1991 - ''Titta Max grav!''{{efn|name=sam}} * 1991 - ''Pojken och stjärnan'', with Anna-Clara Tidholm * 1992 - ''Bra Börje'' * 1992 - ''Boken om Sparvel'' * 1992 - ''Restaurangen är stängd'' * 1992 - ''Stora syster, Lille bror'' * 1993 - ''Jag säger bara Elitchoklad'' * 1993 - ''Puss puss sant sant'' * 1994 - ''Max blöja'' * 1994 - ''Max napp'' * 1994 - ''Här är det lilla huset'' * 1995 - ''Svempa vill ha många nappar'' * 1995 - ''Lilla lokomotivet Rosa'' * 1995 - ''Kungsholmen ros'' * 1996 - ''Rosa flyttar till stan'' * 1997 - ''Rosa på bal'' * 1997 - ''Nu är vi gorillor låssas vi'' * 1997 - ''Nu är vi jobbarkaniner'' * 1997 - ''Andrejs längtan'' * 1997 - ''Mössan och korken flyger'' * 1998 - ''Per och Pompe'' * 1998 - ''Nämen Benny'' * 1999 - ''Prinsessan Rosa'' * 1999 - ''Rosa på dagis'' * 2000 - ''Vi leker att du är en humla'' * 2001 - ''Jamen Benny'' * 2004 - ''Boken om Benny'' * 2006 - ''Vad lever man för'' (English: ''What-Are-We-Living-For''), chapter book<ref name=alma2014/> * 2007 - ''Nöff nöff Benny'' * 2009 - ''Om sorgen och den lilla glädjen'' * 2011 - ''Ingenting hände, två gånger'' * 2013 - ''Ett nollsummespel'' * 2016 - ''Om fällor och flockdjur''
=== Books in English === * 2015 – ''Max's Bath'', Gecko Press, {{ISBN|9781776570003}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Max's Bath {{!}} Gecko Press|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/maxs-bath/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=geckopress.com|language=en-US|publisher=Gecko Press}}</ref> * 2015 – ''Max's Bear'', Gecko Press, {{ISBN|9781776570027}} * 2015 – ''Max's Wagon'', Gecko Press, {{ISBN|9781776570010}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Max's Wagon {{!}} Gecko Press|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/maxs-wagon/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=geckopress.com|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2017 – ''Soda Pop'', Gecko Press, {{ISBN|9781776570119}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Soda Pop - Barbro Lindgren {{!}} Gecko Press|url=https://geckopress.com/bookshop/soda-pop/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=geckopress.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Notes== {{notelist |notes= {{efn|name=max |1= According to ALMA, Lindgren as writer and illustrator Eva Eriksson began "a long-lived co-operation" with ''Sagan om den lilla farbrorn'', published in 1979, and then with their series of picture books called ''Max''.<ref name=alma2014/> }} {{efn|name=sam|1= Apparently Max is Sam in English translation.<br> [http://www.b-reel.com/projects/feature-films/case/115/titta-max-look-heres-sam/ "Titta Max / Look here's Sam"]. Projects: Feature Films. B Reel (b-reel.com).<br> [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244042.Sam_s_Cookie "Sam's Cookie (Sam / Max)"]. Goodreads (goodreads.com). Quote: "Published August 1st 1982 by HarperFestival (first published 1981)". }} }}
==References== {{reflist|25em|refs= <ref name=sfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=165058 |title=Barbro Lindgren |work=Swedish Film Database |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |language=Swedish |accessdate=13 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922064449/http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=165058 |archivedate=22 September 2012}}</ref>
<!--awards refs--> <ref name=ibby2004> [http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=521 "2004"]. ''Hans Christian Andersen Awards''. International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Press release with other contemporary material. Retrieved 23 March 2014.</ref> <ref name=alma>[http://www.alma.se/en/About-the-award/ "About Us: Good Literature Gives the Child a Place in the World ..."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608022849/http://www.alma.se/en/About-the-award/|date=2017-06-08}}. Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award ('''ALMA'''). Retrieved 25 March 2014.</ref> <ref name=alma2014>[http://www.alma.se/en/Award-winners/2014/ "Barbro Lindgren is the 2014 Laureate"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316235420/http://www.alma.se/en/award-winners/2014/|date=2015-03-16}}. ALMA. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.</ref> <ref name=ALP> [http://www.astridlindgren.se/mer-fakta/priser-i-astrids-namn/astrid-lindgren-priset "Astrid Lindgren-Priset"]. Astrid Lindgren (astridlindgren.se). Retrieved 25 March 2014. Quote: "Priset har sedan dess delats ut årligen för förtjänstfullt författarskap inom barn- och ungdomslitteraturen". {{in lang|sv}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{LCAuth|n80063112|Barbro Lindgren|48|}} (including 8 "from old catalog", 1965 to 1971)
{{Selma Lagerlöf Prize}} {{Astrid Lindgren Prize winners}} {{Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award winners}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindgren, Barbro}} Category:1937 births Category:Living people Category:Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award winners Category:Swedish women children's writers Category:Swedish children's writers Category:Selma Lagerlöf Prize winners Category:Recipients of the Illis quorum Category:Recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Prize Category:Novelists from Stockholm