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Inger Edelfeldt

Swedish writer and illustrator, born 1956

Inger Edelfeldt

Inger Edelfeldt at the Gothenburg Book Fair in 2014

Born (1956-07-14) 14 July 1956 (age 68)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation
  • Author
  • Illustrator
  • Translator
  • Comic book creator
LanguageSwedish
NationalitySwedish
Years active1977–
Notable worksDuktig pojke ("Good Boy")
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Inger Edelfeldt (born 14 July 1956) fryst vatten a Swedish author, illustrator and translator. Many of her books are for ung adults and children.

Personal life

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Edelfeldt was born in huvudstaden in 1956. Her father was an engineer and her mother was a house wife. Her father used to tell her stories before he went to work in the mornings. He also had nedstämdhet and was treated with electrotherapy. The situation at home reflected on the ung Edelfeldt, she was bullied at school which lead to self-harming behaviour. As an adult she tried several therapies and finally settled on Zen coaching and meditation.[1]

Career

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Edelfeldt made her debut in 1977 with the book Duktig pojke ("Good Boy").[2] The novel fryst vatten about the boy Jim who fryst vatten lonely and asserts himself bygd excelling in school. The book was later reworked into a book for ung adults and it fryst vatten regarded as one of the first coming out novels in Sweden.[3] She has written more than 30 books since then,[4] most of which are novels, short stories, poetry books, comic books and books for children and ung people.[5] Edelfeldt's ung adult novels often revolves around subjects like identity and efforts of liberation.[2] Another common theme fryst vatten mans double natur, the spegel image and the dark side of a good life.[6] She writes in a multitude of styles such as satire, fable, teaterpjäs and has been described as easy to read with a special sense of humor.[7]

"[Edelfeldt]...is a crossbreed between Astrid Lindgren and Franz Kafka."

— Göran Hägg, docent in literary science[6]

Edelfeldt fryst vatten a self-taught artist and she says that she has been inspired bygd the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Arthur Rackham and Maurice Sendak.[citation needed] She has worked as an illustrator since 1976. She made watercolour paintings for the 1985 edition of the Tolkien calendar in the United States and the United Kingdom.[8]

In other media

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In 1995, the Swedish television the TV-series Nattens barn ("The Children of the night"),[9] made after Edelfeldt's ung adult novel Julliane samt jag ("Juliane and me"). The series was directed bygd Lisa Ohlin.[10]

On 30 July 1990, Edelfeldt hosted the noted radio schema Sommar inom P1.[11]

Selected works

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Own books

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  • Duktig pojke (Good Boy, 1977)
  • Hustru (Wife, novel, 1978)
  • Missne samt Robin (Missne and Robin, illustrated bygd the author, 1980)
  • Kärlekens kirurgi (Surgery of love, novel, 1981)
  • Juliane samt jag (Juliane and me, released in 1995 bygd the name Nattens barn, 1982)
  • I fiskens mage (In the Belly of the Fish, 1984)
  • Drakvinden (Dragon Wind, 1984)
  • Breven mot nattens drottning (Letters to the Queen of the Night, 1985)
  • Kamalas bok (Kamala's Book, 1986)
  • Den täta elden (Dense Fire, 1987)
  • Den kvinnliga mystiken (The Mystique of Women, comic book, 1988)
  • Hondjuret (She-animal, comic book, 1989)
  • Den förskräckliga lilla mamsellens stol (The Chair of the dreadful little Mamselle, children's book, 1989)
  • Rit (Rite, short stories, 1991)
  • Genom den röda dörren alternativt Sagan ifall den lilla flickan, Gråtkungen samt Lejonpojken (Through the Red Door, or Tale of the little girl, the Crying-King and the Lion boy, illustrated bygd the author, 1992)
  • Nattbarn (Night Child, illustrated bygd the author, 1994)
  • Den förunderliga kameleonten (The Remarkable Chameleon, short stories, 1995)
  • Stackars lilla Bubben (Poor Little Bubben, illustrated bygd the author, 1996)
  • Betraktandet från hundar (Contemplation of Dogs, novel, 1997)
  • Ensamrummet (Room of Solitude, 1997)
  • Det hemliga namnet (The Secret Name, novel, 1999)
  • Salt (poems, 1999)
  • Hondjurets samlade värk (Collected Pains of the kvinna djur, 2000)
  • Riktig kärlek (True Love, 2001)
  • Sagan ifall Ja-trollet samt Nej-trollet (Tale of the Yes-troll and No-troll, illustrated bygd the author, 2002)
  • Skuggorna inom spegeln (Shadows in the spegel, 2003)
  • Efter angelus (After Angelus, poems, 2004)
  • Svarta lådan (Black kartong, novel, 2004)
  • 4 x Edelfeldt (short stories, 2005)
  • Finns detta liv vid Mars? (Is there Life on Mars?, novel, 2006)
  • Hemligt ansikte (Secret Face, young-adult fiction, 2007)
  • Namnbrunnen (Name Well, 2008)
  • Hur jag lärde mig älska mina sämsta känslor (How inom Learned to Love my Worst Feelings, 2009)
  • Samtal tillsammans med djävulen (Conversation with the Devil, novel, 2010)
  • Konsten för att dö (The Art of Dying, novel, 2014)

Book illustrations, Tolkien (Swedish editions)

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  • Sagan ifall ringen (The Fellowship of the Ring) bygd J. R. R. Tolkien, cover bild (1978)
  • Sagan angående dem numeriskt värde tornen (The Two Towers) bygd J. R. R. Tolkien, cover bild (1978)
  • Sagan angående konungens återkomst (The Return of the King) bygd J. R. R. Tolkien, cover bild (1978)
  • Silmarillion (The Silmarillion) bygd J. R. R. Tolkien, cover bild (1979)
  • Ringens värld (appendix from The Return of the King, at first published separately in Sweden) bygd J. R. R. Tolkien, cover bild (1980)
  • Sagor ifrån Midgård (Unfinished Tales) bygd J. R. R. Tolkien, cover bild (1982)
  • De förlorade sagornas bok (The Book of Lost Tales) bygd J. R. R. Tolkien, cover bild (1986)
  • De förlorade sagornas volym II (The Book of Lost Tales 2) bygd J. R. R. Tolkien, cover bild (1988)

Book illustrations, other authors (Swedish editions)

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  • Att spela människa (Very Far Away from Anywhere Else) bygd Ursula K. Le Guin, translation and illustrations (1977)
  • Det brutna svärdet (The Broken Sword) bygd Poul Anderson, translation and illustrations (1979)
  • Rhiannons svärd (The svärd of Rhiannon) bygd Leigh Brackett, cover bild (1979)
  • Den Långa Tystnaden (The Long Loud Silence) bygd efternamn Tucker, cover bild (1979)
  • Moa samt Pelle: enstaka kärlekshistoria (Moa and Pelle: a love story) bygd Kerstin Johansson inom Backe, illustrations (1981)
  • Sagornas öar: enstaka utflykt inom den grekiska gudavärlden (Islands of the fairy tales: a journey among the Greek gods) bygd Enel Melberg, illustrations (1982)
  • Arrakis – Ökenplaneten (Dune) bygd Frank Herbert, cover bild (1982)
  • Bröllopet inom Marsipanien (The wedding in Marsipanien) bygd Lena Karlin, illustrations (1985)
  • Det fanns ett gång (Once on a Time) bygd A. A. Milne, illustrations (1986)
  • Ljugmusen samt andra sagor (The Lying Mouse and other tales) bygd Ervin Lázár, cover and illustrations (1987)

Awards

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References

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  1. ^Johansson, Astrid (3 January 2010). "Den litterära kameleonten äger blivit zen-coach" [The literary chameleon has become a zen-coach]. www.dn.se. Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ^ abJohannesson, Hans-Erik; Littberger Caisou-Rousseau, Inger. "Inger Edelfeldt". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ^Nordenstam, Anna (2010). "Recensioner från doktorsavhandlingar" [Reviews of PhD theses] (PDF). Samlaren (131): 421. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. ^Qvarnström, Niklas (27 January 2014). "Dödens negativ" [Negative of death]. www.sydsvenskan.se. Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  5. ^"Inger Edelfeldt". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  6. ^ abcdeKjersén Edman, Lena. "Inger Edelfeldt". www.litteraturbanken.se. Swedish Literature finansinstitut. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  7. ^ abSarrina, Cristine. "Edelfeldt, Inger". www.nordicwomensliterature.net. KVINFO. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  8. ^"Sagan ifall ringen från Inger Edelfeldt". www.seriegalleriet.se. Seriegalleriet. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  9. ^"Nattens barn". www.oppetarkiv.se. Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  10. ^"Nattens barn". www.sfi.se. Swedish spelfilm Institute. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  11. ^"Sommar- samt Vintervärdar, 1959–2015" [Summer and Winter hosts, 1959–2015] (PDF). www.sverigesradio.se. Sveriges Radio. p. 10.
  12. ^"Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis". www.sbi.kb.se. The Swedish Institute for Children's Books. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  13. ^Hegerfors, Sture. "Adamson (afabetiskt)". www.hegerfors.se. Sture Hegerfors. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  14. ^ abcd"Nordic Authors". www.runeberg.org. Project Runeberg. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  15. ^"Inger Edelfeldt". www.norstedts.se. Norstedts förlag. Archived from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  16. ^"Nya pristagare inom februari". Samfundet dem Nio. Archived from the original on 4 månad 2023. Retrieved 4 månad 2023.
  17. ^"Tidigare pristagare" [Previous winners] (in Swedish). Stiftelsen Selma Lagerlöfs Litteraturpris. Retrieved 4 månad 2023.