Frida Nilsson
Frida Nilsson author portrait
Frida Nilsson in 2012
Born1979 (age 44–45)
Hardemo, Sweden
OccupationWriter
LanguageSwedish
NationalitySwedish

Frida Nilsson (born 1979) is a Swedish children’s writer whose first book was published in 2004.[1] She has won numerous international shortlistings and prizes, including the August Prize,[2] the German Youth Literature Prize,[3] Expressens Heffaklump (2015)[4] and the Astrid Lindgren Prize.[5] She was recently chosen as one of the best emerging writers in Europe under 39 (Hay Festival’s Aarhus 39, 2017).[6] Nilsson’s writing is characterised by playfulness and sincerity. She has been compared to Roald Dahl and Barbro Lindgren.

Swedish bibliography

English translations

Awards and accolades

References

  1. ^ "Författare - Natur och Kultur". www.nok.se. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Hedvig och Max-Olov | Augustpriset". www.augustpriset.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Frida Nilsson får Heffaklumpen". Expressen (in Swedish). 30 January 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  4. ^ Lovande författarskap taget till en ny nivå
  5. ^ "The Astrid Lindgren prize | Astrid Lindgren". www.astridlindgren.se. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Hay Festival Aarhus39". www.hayfestival.com. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  7. ^ "The Ice Sea Pirates - Frida Nilsson | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Hattie | Chapter Books | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Internationale Jugendbibliothek - Single". www.ijb.de. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

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List of Astrid Lindgren Prize winners
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