Eva Eriksson, born on 13 May 1949 in

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is a Swedish illustrator and writer. She has illustrated several

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by writers including

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and

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. Some of her illustrated books have also been translated into the English language by

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and other publishers. She studied at

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. Between 2003-2012 she held seat number 1 of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books.

Select bibliography

*2006: ''All the Dear Little Animals'', written by Ulf Nilsson 32pp., *2009: ''When We Were Alone in the World'', written by Ulf Nilsson, 32pp., *2014: ''My Heart is Laughing'', written by

Rose Lagercrantz Rose Lagercrantz (born in Stockholm in 1947) is a Swedish writer for children and adults. Her first book was published in 1973, and she has since had her work translated into English, German, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Ukrainian, Russian, Slova ...

, 120pp., *2015: ''When I Am Happiest'', written by

, 128pp., *2015: ''When Dad Showed Me the Universe'', written by

Ulf Stark Ulf Gottfrid Stark (12 July 1944 – 13 June 2017) was a Swedish author and screenwriter (he adapted several of his own books for film and wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film '' Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen''). Stark has collaborated with th ...

. 32pp., *2016: ''The Midsummer Tomte and the Little Rabbits'', written by

. 120pp., *2016: ''The Yule Tomte and the Little Rabbits'', written by

. 104pp., *2017: ''Little Sister Rabbit and the Fox'', written by Ulf Nilsson. 32pp., *2017: ''Little Sister Rabbit Gets Lost'', written by Ulf Nilsson. 32pp.,

Awards

*1981: Elsa Beskow plaque *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 Eva Ottilia Adelborg (6 December 1855 – 19 March 1936) was a Swedish children's book illustrator, comics artist and author and the founder of a school for lace making. A literary award, the Ottilia Adelborg Prize, was established in her honor ...

Prize *2008: Emil Prize

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eriksson, Eva 1949 births Living people Swedish women children's book illustrators Swedish children's book illustrators Swedish women children's writers Swedish children's writers Recipients of the Astrid Lindgren Prize People from Halmstad