Lindgren, A.

...A Swedish female children's writer. After working as an elementary school teacher and office worker, she began her career as a writer. Pippi Longstocking, based on a story she told her daughter, was published in 1945 and was a big hit with Swedish children. In addition to the stories about Pippi, the strongest girl in the world, she has many other works that vividly depict children's dreams, such as the series about the boy detective Kalle and The Children of Noisy Village, making her the most popular writer in Scandinavia today and the recipient of many children's literature awards, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award. [Yukio Taniguchi]...

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…スウェーデンの女流児童文学作家。小学校教師，事務員などを経て作家生活に入る。娘にした話をもとにした《長靴下のピッピ》が1945年に出版されてスウェーデンの子どもたちに大好評を博する。世界一強い女の子のピッピ物のほかに，少年探偵カッレ君の連作，やかまし村の子どもたちなど，子どもの夢を生き生きと描いた多くの作品により，現在北欧で最も人気のある作家で，国際アンデルセン賞など多くの児童文学賞を受賞した。【谷口 幸男】…

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