Eva Eriksson (illustrator)

Eva Eriksson
Eriksson at the 2012 Gothenburg Book Fair
Born (1949-05-13) 13 May 1949 (age 75)
Halmstad, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Notable workEddie
Max
Den vilda bebin
Mimmi

Eva Eriksson, born on 13 May 1949[1] in Halmstad, Sweden is a Swedish illustrator and writer. She has illustrated several children's books[2] by writers including Barbro Lindgren and Viveca Lärn. Some of her illustrated books have also been translated into the English language by Gecko Press and other publishers.

She studied at Konstfack in Stockholm. Between 2003-2012 she held seat number 1 of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books.[3]

Select bibliography

  • 2006: All the Dear Little Animals, written by Ulf Nilsson 32pp., ISBN 978-0-9582598-8-0[4]
  • 2009: When We Were Alone in the World, written by Ulf Nilsson, 32pp., ISBN 978-1-877467-35-6[5]
  • 2014: My Heart is Laughing, written by Rose Lagercrantz, 120pp., ISBN 9781927271216[6]
  • 2015: When I Am Happiest, written by Rose Lagercrantz, 128pp., ISBN 978-1-927271-89-6[7]
  • 2015: When Dad Showed Me the Universe, written by Ulf Stark. 32pp., ISBN 978-1-927271-81-0[8]
  • 2016: The Midsummer Tomte and the Little Rabbits, written by Ulf Stark. 120pp., ISBN 978-178250-244-9[9]
  • 2016: The Yule Tomte and the Little Rabbits, written by Ulf Stark. 104pp., ISBN 978-178250-136-7[10]
  • 2017: Little Sister Rabbit and the Fox, written by Ulf Nilsson. 32pp., ISBN 978-178250-378-1[11]
  • 2017: Little Sister Rabbit Gets Lost, written by Ulf Nilsson. 32pp., ISBN 978-178250-377-4[12]

Awards

  • 1981: Elsa Beskow plaque[13]
  • 1981: Expressens Heffalump
  • 1983: BMF Children's plaque (together with Ulf Nilsson ) for the Little Sister Rabbit
  • 1985: BMF Children's plaque (together with Viveca Lärn ) for We sneak in Enoch
  • 1986: Raben & Sjogren signs scholarship
  • 1998: BMF Children's Plaque for Malla's
  • 1999: Knut V Pettersson -stipendiat
  • 2001: Astrid Lindgren Prize
  • 2006: Ottilia Adelborg Prize
  • 2008: Emil Prize

References

  1. ^ "Eva Eriksson" (in Swedish). sfi.se. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ Anders Ekström (23 February 2007). "Med respekt för små barn" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Svenska barnboksakademins tidigare ledamöter" (in Swedish). Swedish Academy for Children's Books. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ^ Nilsson, Ulf (March 2007). All the Dear Little Animals. Gecko Press. ISBN 9780958259880. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ^ Nilsson, Ulf (April 2010). When We Were Alone in the World. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781877467349. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. ^ Lagercrantz, Rose (2014). My Heart is Laughing. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781927271216. Retrieved 9 August 2016. my heart is laughing.
  7. ^ Lagercrantz, Rose (2015). When I am Happiest. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776570218. Retrieved 9 August 2016. my heart is laughing.
  8. ^ Stark, Ulf (2015). When Dad Showed Me the Universe. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776570133. Retrieved 9 August 2016. when dad showed me the universe.
  9. ^ Stark, Ulf (2016). The Midsummer Tomte and the Little Rabbits. Floris Books. ISBN 9781782502449.
  10. ^ Stark, Ulf (2016). The Yule Tomte and the Little Rabbits. Floris Books. ISBN 9781782501367.
  11. ^ Nilsson, Ulf (2017). Little Sister Rabbit and the Fox. Floris Books. ISBN 9781782503781.
  12. ^ Nilsson, Ulf (2017). Little Sister Rabbit Gets Lost. Floris Books. ISBN 9781782503774.
  13. ^ "Sveriges biblioteks utmärkelser". Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2016-08-09.