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Astrid Lindgren
| Swedish children's writer Date of Birth: Country: Sweden |
Content:
- Biography of Astrid Lindgren
- Challenging Traditional Children's Literature
- Recognition and Legacy
Biography of Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Lindgren, a Swedish children's writer, was born in She spent her childhood on a farm in a peasant family.
After finishing school, she worked for a local newspaper and then moved to Stockholm and enrolled in a secretarial school. On December 4, , she gave birth to her son Lars. Astrid Erickson got married five years later, taking her husband's surname, Lindgren.
She returned to work in when Lars was 11 years old and his sister Karin was three.
In , the Lindgren family moved to a new apartment in Dalagatan, a district of Stockholm, where Astrid lived until her death on January 28, Astrid Lindgren gained popularity with her fairy tale "Pippi Longstocking," which she wrote as a gift to her daughter in The book quickly became popular, winning sev