Eva Lindström

Eva Lindström (2014)

Eva Lindström (born 1952) is a Swedish illustrator and author. Her work is known for its humorous and dark style.[1]

Life

Lindström was born in Västerås in 1952. She attended the art school Konstfack in Stockholm from 1969 to 1974, where she studied painting and was part of a radical political activist group.[1] The origin of her more radical and dark art style is attributed to this time period.[1][2] She began her career in the 1980s as a cartoonist.[3] Her first book was Kattmössan (The Cat Hat), which she wrote and illustrated.[2] In 1996, she published her second book Lurix.[2] She is known for her children's books, such as Berättesler om Mats Och Roj (Somebody Moves In—Stories About Mats and Roj) (2002) and Olli Och Mo (Olli and Mo) (2012).[2]

Style

Lindström's illustrations are often created using watercolor with gouache or pencil.[3] The Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize nomination text described her work as "often funny and clever as well as having an existential depth."[4]

Selected works

• The Cat Hat (1989)[5]
• Olli och Mo (Olli and Mo)[4]
• Snöret, fågeln och jag (Little String, the Bird, and Me) (2013)[6]
• My Dog Mouse (2017), Gecko Press ISBN 9781776571499[7][8]
• Everyone Walks Away (2019), Gecko Press ISBN 9781776571871[9][10]

Awards and honors

• Elsa Beskow Plaque, 1993[2]
• BMF Plaque, 2001[1]
• Expressens Heffaklump, 2002[1]
• En Bok För Alla's Literary Humor Prize, 2003[2]
• Snöbollen's Best Picture Book of the Year, 2012[2]
• August Prize, 2013 for Snöret, fågeln och jag with Ellen Karlsson[11]
• Shortlist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, 2014[12]
• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, 2022[13]

References

1. "Eva Lindström" (PDF). IBBY. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
2. Christensen, Samantha (2014). "Eva Lindström: Sweden ⋆ Illustrator". Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature. 52 (2): 49. doi:10.1353/bkb.2014.0100. S2CID 143374970. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
3. Sundmark, Björn (2014). "Eva Lindström and the Stories Colors Tell". Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature. 52 (4). Johns Hopkins University Press: 121–124. doi:10.1353/bkb.2014.0123. S2CID 144386950.
4. "Eva Lindström". www.norden.org. Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
5. "The Cat Hat". Publishers Weekly. 1 September 1989. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
6. "Snöret, fågeln och jag". www.ijb.de. Internationale Jugendbibliothek. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
7. "My Dog Mouse". Publishers Weekly. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
8. "My Dog Mouse - Eva Lindstrom | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
9. "Everyone Walks Away". Kirkus Reviews. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
10. "Everyone Walks Away | Children's Books | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
11. "Augustpris till Eva Lindström" (in Swedish). Svenska Tecknare. 26 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
12. "Eva Lindström". ALMA. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
13. Kirch |, Claire. "Sweden's Lindström Wins 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-10-28.

External links

• Informative illustrated biography of Eva Lindström by Ulla Rhedin from the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)