Astrid Lindgren

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Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren; née Ericsson; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the Six Bullerby Children (Children of Noisy Village in the US), and for the children's fantasy novels Mio, My Son, Ronia the Robber's Daughter, and The Brothers Lionheart. Lindgren worked on the Children's Literature Editorial Board at the Rabén & Sjögren publishing house in Stockholm and wrote more than 30 books for children. In January 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th most translated author, and the fourth most translated children's writer after Enid Blyton, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Lindgren has so far sold roughly 167 million books worldwide. In 1994, she was awarded the Right Livelihood...

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Shirley Temple's StorybookSeries • 1958Ronja the Robber's DaughterSeries • 2024Pippi LongstockingSeries • 1969Ronja, the Robber's DaughterAnime • 2014Pippi LongstockingSeries • 1997Pippi LongstockingMovie • 1969Emil of LönnebergaSeries • 1975Pippi in the South SeasMovie • 1970Ronia: The Robber's DaughterMovie • 1984Mio in the Land of FarawayMovie • 1987The New Adventures of Pippi LongstockingMovie • 1988MadickenSeries • 1979Pippi Goes on BoardMovie • 1969Life on Seacrow IslandSeries • 1964Pippi on the RunMovie • 1970The Children of Noisy VillageMovie • 1986Emil of LonnebergaMovie • 1971Tjorven, Batsman, and MosesMovie • 1964Pippi LongstockingMovie • 1997The Brothers LionheartMovie • 1977Rocca Changes the WorldMovie • 2019You're Out of Your Mind, MadickenMovie • 1979New Mischief by EmilMovie • 1972More About the Children of Noisy VillageMovie • 1987