Christina Björk (born 27 July 1938) is a Swedish writer and children's book author.
Christina Björk | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 27, 1938 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Notable awards |
|
She was born in Stockholm and studied at the Graphic Institute there. She then worked as a graphics designer for a magazine; there she met Lena Anderson who would later work with Björk on several books. She next worked in children's television programming for Sveriges Television. From 1975 to 1980, she was editor for the children's page of the Dagens Nyheter newspaper. In 1985, she published Linnea i målarens trädgård with illustrations by Anderson; an English translation Linnea in Monet's Garden was published two years later. The book is now available in more than 15 languages. A short film was later produced with Björk as director.[1][2]
Awards
editIn 1988, she was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Prize.[3] In the same year, she was awarded the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Linnea i målarens trädgård.[4] She is an honorary member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books.[2]
Selected works
edit- Linnea Planterar (1978); translated as Linnea's Windowsill Garden (1988)[5][6]
- Linneas årsbok, children's almanac (1982), received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis,[4] translated as Linnea's Almanac (1989)
- Linnea in Monet's Garden (1985; English translation 1987)[7]
- Sagan om Alice i verkligheten (1993), translated as The Other Alice: The Story of Alice Liddell and Alice in Wonderland (1993)
- Vendela i Venedig (1999), translated as Vendela in Venice, received the Mildred L. Batchelder Award[8][1]
References
edit- ^ a b Wyatt, Flora; Coggins, Margaret; Imber, Jane Hunter (1998). Popular Nonfiction Authors for Children: A Biographical and Thematic Guide. pp. 26–28. ISBN 1563084082.
- ^ a b "Christina Björk". Nordic Women in Film (in Swedish).
- ^ "The Astrid Lindgren Prize". astridlindgren.se.
- ^ a b "Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis" (in Swedish). The Swedish Institute for Children’s Books. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
- ^ Westin, Boel (1996). Children's Literature in Sweden. Swedish Institute. p. 58. ISBN 91-520-0384-1. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Holton, Barbara (1993). From Loraxes to Thoraxes: Science Programs for Children in Libraries. ERIC (Education Resources Information Center). pp. 41–42.
- ^ Nikolajeva, Maria (2006). "Anderson, Lena". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514656-1.
- ^ "R&S Books". American Library Association.