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Astrid Lindgren

Female : Children's Writer. Married Sture Lindgren 1931 (he died 1952)
Nationality : Swedish Place of Birth : Vimmerby

Date of Birth : 1907 Date of Death : 2002 Age : 94

Pseudonyms : Born Astrid Ericsson

Other Work : Editor in Chief of the publishing house of Raben & Sjorgen 1946-1970
1954-1960
Pippi Longstocking
(1954 OUP) - Richard Kennedy
[Filmed in 1988 as "the New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking"]
[and in 1997 as "Pippi Longstocking"]
Pippi Goes Abroad
(1956 OUP) - Richard Kennedy
Pippi in the South Seas
(1957 OUP) - Richard Kennedy
[Filmed in 1974]
Noriko-San Girl of Japan
(1958 Methuen) - Anna Riwkin-Brick
Eric and Karlsson-on-the-Roof
(1958 OUP) - Richard Kennedy
Sia Lives on Kilimanjaro
(1959 Methuen) - Anna Riwkin-Brick
Circus Child
(1960 Methuen) - Photos Anna Riwkin-Brick
My Swedish Cousins
(1960 Macmillan) - Photos Anna Riwkin-Brick

1961-1965
Rasmus and the Tramp
(1961 Methuen) - Eric Palmquist
Rasmus and the Vagabond, Rasmus and the Tramp
(1961 Methuen)
The Tomten
(1962 Constable) (1964 Longmans Green, NY) - Harald Wiberg
Kati in Italy
(1962 Brockhampton Press) - Daniel Dupuy
Dirk Lives in Holland
(1963 Methuen) - with Anna Riwkin-Brick
Marko Lives in Yugoslavia
(1963 Methuen) - with Anna Riwkin-Brick
Madicken
(1963 OUP) - Ilon Wikland
The Six Bullerby Children
(1963 Methuen) - Ilon Wikland
Christmas at Bullerby
(1964 Methuen) - Ilon Wikland
Kati in America
(1964 Brockhampton) - Daniel Dupuy
Simon Small Moves in
(1965 Burke) - Ilon Wikland
Gerda Lives in Norway
(1965 Methuen) - with Anna Riwkin-Brick

1966-1970
The Fox and the Tomten
(1966 Constable) - Harald Wiberg
Kati in Paris
(1966 Brockhampton) - Daniel Dupuy
Springtime in Noisy Village
(1966 Viking NY) - Ilon Wikland
Brenda Helps Grandmother
(1966 Burke) - Ilon Wikland
A Day at Bullerby
(1967 Methuen)
Noy Lives in Thailand
(1967 Methuen) - Photos Anna Riwkin-Brick
Scarecrow Island
(1968 Oliver & Boyd)
Scran and the Pirates
(1968 Oliver & Boyd)
The Mischievous Martens
(1968 Methuen)
Matti Lives in Finland
(1969 Methuen) - Photos Anna Riwkin-Brick
Lotta Leaves Home
(1969 Methuen)

1971-1975
Karlson on the Roof
(1971 Viking NY)
Lotta's Bike
(1973 Methuen)
That Emil
(1973 Brockhampton)
Emil's Pranks
(1973 Brockhampton)
Emil and His Clever Pig
(1974 Brockhampton)
My Very Own Sister
(1974 Methuen)
The Brothers Lionheart
(1975 Brockhampton) (1975 Viking Penguin, US) - Ilon Wikland

1976-1980
Pomperipossa in The World of Money
(1976)
[This adult fairy tale was direct assault on the Social Democrat Government and
contributed to its downfall later that year]

Karlsson Flies Again
(1977 Methuen) - Ilon Wikland
Emil and Lina's Bad Tooth
(1977 Brockhampton)
Lotta's Christmas Surprise
(1978 Methuen)
Mardie
(1979 Methuen)
I Want to go to School Too
(1980 Methuen)
The World's Best Karlson
(1980 Methuen)
That's My Baby
(1980 Methuen)
Springtime at Bullerby
(1980 Methuen)

After 1981
Mardie to the Rescue
(1981 Methuen)
The Runaway Sleigh Ride
(1984 Methuen) - Ilon Wikland
The Robber's Daughter
(1984 Methuen) - Ilon Wikland
My Nightingale is Singing
(1985 Methuen)
Emil's Little Sister
(1985 Hodder & Stoughton)
Emil's Sticky Problem
(1986 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Dragon with Red Eyes
(1986 Methuen)
The Ghost of Skinny Jack
(1988 Methuen)
The Tomten
(1990 Coward-McCann)
Lotta's Easter Surprise
(1991) - Ilon Wikland