Ann Mari Falk

Ann Mari Falk (December 19, 1916 – July 27, 1988) was a Swedish writer and translator.[1]

The daughter of Ingeborg Larsen and Fritz Söderbergh [sv], she was born Ann-Marie Söderbergh in Stockholm. Her brother Bengt [sv] was also a writer. She worked for the insurance company Hansa from 1935 to 1951. Falk published her first novel Fruntimmer in 1944. She later translated children's literature from Danish and Norwegian into Swedish.[1]

Falk won a competition sponsored by publisher Wahlström & Widstrand in 1950. She won the Tidningen Vi:s litteraturpris [sv] in 1953[1] and the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 1968.[2]

She was married twice: first to Jan Falk, a journalist, in 1935 and then to the writer Uno Eng [sv] in 1948. Falk and Eng had a son.[1]

Falk died at the age of 71.[1]

Selected works

• Mord i dockskåp graphic novel (1961)
• Madame är död graphic novel (1964)
• Dialog youth literature (1968)
• Måns i Vasastan children's book (1969)
• Min bror Fredrik youth literature (1977)
• Räkna med bråk youth literature (1978)
• När Anton talade sanning children's book (1982)

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References

1. "Ann Mari Falk, 1916–1988". Svenskt översättarlexikon (in Swedish).
2. "ASTRID LINDGREN-PRISET 1968" (in Swedish). TT Nyhetsbyrån.

Further reading

• Ann Mari Falk at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon