Astrid Lindgren's works for children: a list, a brief description. Astrid Lindgren's works for children: a list, a brief description Astrid Lindgren's works a list for children

Read Lindgren's Tales

Important in the work of the writer was her desire to help children overcome their sorrows and difficulties. Fairy tales by Astrid Lindgren recreate the various life difficulties of children and describe ways to solve them.

Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren was born in Sweden in 1907. Full name of the writer: Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren. Thanks to the translator Lungina, Lindgren's fairy tales became known to us. The best of them are the stories about Carlson and Pippi Longstocking.

From childhood, Astrid lived with her parents, brother and younger sisters outside the city, since then she has loved nature endlessly and carried this love through all her works. The girl's family was strong, the relationship between parents and children was respectful, they were strongly attached to each other, which also could not but affect Astrid's works in the future. They are all very kind.

After moving to Stockholm after school, Astrid Lindgren went through many obstacles in life. Having given birth to a child very young, she could not feed herself and her son. Astrid had to give the baby to foster family. However, over time, her life improved. Astrid got married, took her son and gave birth to a second child - daughter Karin.

About fairy tales by Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren dedicated fairy tales to her daughter, telling them at night, writing on the go the adventures of a red-haired girl, whom Karin herself called Pippi Longstocking. For her daughter's 10th birthday, Astrid compiled a book about Pippi's adventures and even colored it as a gift for a child.

Astrid has always been fascinated by her ability to create non-standard works with non-boring characters. For her story about the detective Kalle Blomkvist in 1946, she received the first prize in her life.

Soon the trilogy Astrid - The Kid and Carlson was published, which became a masterpiece of world literature. The best Carlson in the world helped the Kid forget about all the troubles and worries, he became his friend.

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (Swed. Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, née Ericsson, Swedish Ericsson) is a Swedish writer, author of a number of world famous books for children.

As Lindgren herself pointed out in the collection of autobiographical essays My Fictions (1971), she grew up in the age of "horse and cabriolet". The family's main means of transportation was a horse-drawn carriage, the pace of life was slower, entertainment was simpler, and the relationship with the natural environment was much closer than today. Such an environment contributed to the development of the writer's love for nature - all Lindgren's work is permeated with this feeling, from eccentric stories about the daughter of the pirate Pippi - long stocking to the story of Ronnie, the robber's daughter.
Astrid Ericsson was born on November 14, 1907 in southern Sweden, in the small town of Vimmerby in the province of Småland (Kalmar county), into a farming family. She became the second child of Samuel August Eriksson and his wife Hannah. My father farmed on a rented farm in Ness, a pastoral estate on the very outskirts of the town. Together with his older brother, Gunnar, three sisters grew up in the family - Astrid, Stina and Ingegerd. The writer herself always called her childhood happy (it had a lot of games and adventures, interspersed with work on the farm and in its environs) and pointed out that it was it that served as a source of inspiration for her work. Astrid's parents not only had a deep affection for each other and for the children, but also did not hesitate to show it, which was rare at that time. The writer spoke about special relationships in the family with great sympathy and tenderness in her only book not addressed to children, Samuel August from Sevedstorp and Hanna from Hult (1973).
The beginning of creative activity
As a child, Astrid Lindgren was surrounded by folklore, and many jokes, fairy tales, stories that she heard from her father or from friends later formed the basis of her own works. Love for books and reading, as she later admitted, arose in the kitchen of Christine, with whom she was friends. It was Christine who introduced Astrid to the amazing, exciting world that one could get into by reading fairy tales. The impressionable Astrid was shocked by this discovery, and later mastered the magic of the word herself.
Her abilities became evident already in primary school, where Astrid was called "Wimmerbün Selma Lagerlöf", which, in her own opinion, she did not deserve.

Astrid Lindgren in 1924
After school, at the age of 16, Astrid Lindgren started working as a journalist for the local newspaper Wimmerby Tidningen. But two years later, she became pregnant, unmarried, and, leaving her position as a junior reporter, went to Stockholm. There she completed secretarial courses and in 1931 found a job in this specialty. In December 1926, her son Lars was born. Since there was not enough money, Astrid had to give her beloved son to Denmark, to the family of foster parents. In 1928, she got a job as a secretary at the Royal Automobile Club, where she met Sture Lindgren. They married in April 1931, and after that, Astrid was able to take Lars home.
Years of creativity
After her marriage, Astrid Lindgren decided to become a housewife in order to devote herself entirely to caring for Lars, and then for her daughter Karin, who was born in 1934. In 1941, the Lindgrens moved into an apartment overlooking Stockholm's Vasa Park, where the writer lived until her death. Occasionally taking on secretarial work, she wrote travel descriptions and rather banal tales for family magazines and advent calendars, which gradually honed her literary skills.
According to Astrid Lindgren, "Pippi Longstocking" (1945) was born primarily thanks to her daughter Karin. In 1941, Karin fell ill with pneumonia, and every night Astrid told her all sorts of stories before going to bed. Once a girl ordered a story about Pippi Longstocking - she invented this name right there, on the go. So Astrid Lindgren began to compose a story about a girl who does not obey any conditions. Since Astrid then defended the idea of ​​​​education taking into account child psychology, which was new for that time and caused heated debate, the challenge to conventions seemed to her an interesting thought experiment. If we consider the image of Peppy in a generalized way, then it is based on the innovative ideas that appeared in the 1930s and 40s in the field of child education and child psychology. Lindgren followed and participated in the controversy unfolding in society, advocating education that would take into account the thoughts and feelings of children and thus show respect for them. The new approach to children also affected her creative style, as a result of which she became an author who consistently speaks from the point of view of a child. After the first story about Pippi, which Karin fell in love with, Astrid Lindgren over the next years told more and more evening tales about this red-haired girl. On Karin's tenth birthday, Astrid Lindgren wrote down several stories in shorthand, from which she compiled a book of her own making (with illustrations by the author) for her daughter. This original manuscript of "Pippi" was less carefully finished stylistically and more radical in its ideas. The writer sent one copy of the manuscript to Bonnier, the largest Stockholm publishing house. After some deliberation, the manuscript was rejected. Astrid Lindgren was not discouraged by the refusal, she already realized that composing for children was her calling. In 1944, she took part in a competition for the best book for girls, announced by the relatively new and little-known publishing house Raben and Sjögren. Lindgren received the second prize for Britt-Marie Pours Out Her Soul (1944) and a publishing contract for it. In 1945, Astrid Lindgren was offered the position of editor of children's literature at the publishing house Raben and Sjögren. She accepted this offer and worked in one place until 1970, when she officially retired. All of her books were published by the same publishing house. Despite being very busy and combining editorial work with household chores and writing, Astrid turned out to be a prolific writer: if you count picture books, a total of about eighty works came out of her pen. Work was especially productive in the 1940s and 1950s. Between 1944 and 1950 alone, Astrid Lindgren wrote a trilogy about Pippi Longstocking, two stories about children from Bullerby, three books for girls, a detective story, two collections of fairy tales, a collection of songs, four plays and two picture books. As you can see from this list, Astrid Lindgren was an unusually versatile author, willing to experiment in a wide variety of genres. In 1946, she published the first story about the detective Kalle Blomkvist (“Kalle Blomkvist plays”), thanks to which she won first prize in a literary competition (Astrid Lindgren did not participate in competitions anymore). In 1951, a sequel followed, “Kalle Blomkvist risks” (both stories were published in Russian in 1959 under the title “The Adventures of Kalle Blomkvist”), and in 1953 - the final part of the trilogy, “Kalle Blomkvist and Rasmus” (was translated into Russian in 1986). With Calle Blumqvist, the writer wanted to replace cheap thrillers that glorified violence. In 1954, Astrid Lindgren wrote the first of her three fairy tales - "Mio, my Mio!" (trans. 1965). This emotional, dramatic book combines the techniques of heroic storytelling and fairy tale, and it tells the story of Bo Wilhelm Olsson, the unloved and neglected son of foster parents. Astrid Lindgren more than once resorted to fairy tales and fairy tales, touching on the fate of lonely and abandoned children (this was the case before “Mio, my Mio!”). Bring comfort to children, help them overcome difficult situations - this task was not least driven by the work of the writer. In the next trilogy - “The Kid and Carlson, who lives on the roof” (1955; transl. 1957), “Carlson, who lives on the roof, flew in again” (1962; trans. 1965) and “Carlson, who lives on the roof, plays pranks again ”(1968; transl. 1973) - the fantasy hero of a non-evil sense is again acting. This “moderately well-fed”, infantile, greedy, boastful, puffed up, self-pitying, self-centered, though not without charm little man lives on the roof of the apartment building where the Kid lives. As Baby's imaginary friend, he is a much less wonderful image of childhood than the unpredictable and carefree Pippi. The kid is the youngest of three children in the most ordinary family of the Stockholm bourgeoisie, and Carlson enters his life in a very specific way - through the window, and he does this every time the kid feels superfluous, bypassed or humiliated, in other words, when the boy feels sorry for himself . In such cases, his compensatory alter ego appears - in all respects, "the best in the world" Carlson, who makes the Kid forget about troubles. Film adaptations and theatrical productions In 1969, the acclaimed Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm staged Carlson, who lives on the roof, which was unusual for that time. Since then, dramatizations based on books by Astrid Lindgren have been constantly staged in both large and small theaters in Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe and the United States of America. A year before the performance in Stockholm, the performance about Carlson was shown on the stage of the Moscow Satire Theater, where he is still played (this character is very popular in Russia). If on a global scale, the work of Astrid Lindgren attracted attention primarily due to theatrical performances, then in Sweden, films and television series based on her works contributed a lot to the writer's fame. The stories about Kalle Blumkvist were the first to be filmed - the premiere of the film took place on Christmas Day 1947. Two years later, the first of four films about Pippi Longstocking appeared. From the 1950s to the 1980s, renowned Swedish director Ulle Hellbum created a total of 17 films based on Astrid Lindgren's books. Hellbum's visual interpretations, with their inexpressible beauty and receptivity to the writer's word, have become classics in Swedish cinema for children. Public activity During the years of her literary activity, Astrid Lindgren earned more than one million crowns by selling the rights to publish her books and their film adaptations, to release audio and video cassettes, and later also CDs with recordings of her songs or literary works in her own performance, but she did not change her way of life at all. From the 1940s, she lived in the same - rather modest - apartment in Stockholm and preferred not to accumulate wealth, but to distribute money to others. Unlike many Swedish celebrities, she was not even averse to transferring a significant part of her income to the Swedish tax authorities. Only once, in 1976, when they collected tax amounted to 102% of her profits, Astrid Lingren protested. On March 10 of the same year, she went on the offensive, sending an open letter to the Stockholm newspaper Expressen, in which she told a fairy tale about a certain Pomperipossa from Monismania. In this fairy tale for adults, Astrid Lindgren took the position of a profane or naive child (as Hans Christian Andersen did before her in The King's New Clothes) and, using it, tried to expose the vices of society and universal pretense. In the year of parliamentary elections, this fairy tale became an almost naked, crushing attack on the bureaucratic, self-satisfied and self-interested apparatus of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, which had been in power for over 40 years in a row. Although at first the writer took up arms and tried to ridicule her Minister of Finance Gunnar Strang, heated debates followed, the tax law was changed, and (as many believe, not without the help of Astrid Lindgren) the Social Democrats were defeated in the autumn elections to the Riksdag. The writer herself was a member of the Social Democratic Party all her adult life - and remained in its ranks after 1976. And she objected primarily to the distance from the ideals that Lindgren remembered from her youth. When she was once asked what path she would have chosen for herself if she had not become a famous writer, she answered without hesitation that she would like to take part in the social democratic movement of the initial period. The values ​​and ideals of this movement played - together with humanism - a fundamental role in the character of Astrid Lindgren. Her inherent desire for equality and caring attitude towards people helped the writer overcome the barriers erected by her high position in society. She treated everyone with the same cordiality and respect, whether it was the Swedish prime minister, head foreign country or one of her child readers. In other words, Astrid Lindgren lived according to her convictions, which is why she became the subject of admiration and respect, both in Sweden and abroad. Lindgren's open letter with the tale of Pomperipossa was so influential because by 1976 she was not just a famous writer: she was not only famous in Sweden, but also highly respected. An important person, a person known throughout the country, she became thanks to numerous appearances on radio and television. Thousands of Swedish children have grown up listening to books by Astrid Lindgren on the radio. Her voice, her face, her opinions, her sense of humor have been familiar to most Swedes since the 50s and 60s, when she hosted various quizzes and talk shows on radio and television. In addition, Astrid Lindgren won over the people with her speeches in defense of such a typically Swedish phenomenon as a universal love for nature and reverence for its beauty. In the spring of 1985, when the daughter of a Smålandian farmer spoke publicly about the oppression of farm animals, the Prime Minister himself listened to her. Lindgren heard about the mistreatment of animals on large farms in Sweden and other industrialized countries from Christina Forslund, a veterinarian and lecturer at Uppsala University. Seventy-eight-year-old Astrid Lindgren sent an open letter to major Stockholm newspapers. The letter contained another tale - about a loving cow who protests against mistreatment of livestock. With this tale, the writer began a campaign that lasted three years. In June 1988, an animal protection law was passed, which received the Latin name Lex Lindgren (Lindgren's Law); however, his inspirer did not like him for his vagueness and obviously low efficiency. As in other cases when Lindgren stood up for the well-being of children, adults or the environment, the writer was based on her own experience and her protest was caused by deep emotional excitement. She understood that at the end of the 20th century it was impossible to return to small-scale pastoralism, which she witnessed in her childhood and youth on her father's farm and in neighboring farms. She demanded something more fundamental: respect for animals, because they are also living beings and endowed with feelings. Astrid Lindgren's deep belief in non-violent treatment extended to both animals and children. “Not violence,” she called her speech at the 1978 presentation of the Peace Prize of the German Bookseller (she received for the story “The Brothers of the Lionheart” (1973; trans. 1981) and for the writer's struggle for peaceful coexistence and a decent life for all living beings). In this speech, Astrid Lindgren defended her pacifist beliefs and advocated raising children without violence and corporal punishment. “We all know,” Lindgren reminded, “that children who are beaten and abused will themselves beat and abuse their children, and therefore this vicious circle must be broken.” Astrid Sture's husband died in 1952. Her mother died in 1961, her father eight years later, and in 1974 her brother and several bosom friends died. Astrid Lindgren has come across the mystery of death more than once and thought about it a lot. If Astrid's parents were sincere adherents of Lutheranism and believed in life after death, then the writer herself called herself an agnostic. Awards In 1958, Astrid Lindgren was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen medal, which is called the Nobel Prize in children's literature. In addition to awards for purely children's writers, Lindgren received a number of awards for "adult" authors, in particular, the Karen Blixen Medal established by the Danish Academy, the Russian Leo Tolstoy Medal, the Chilean Gabriela Mistral Prize and the Swedish Selma Lagerlöf Prize. In 1969, the writer received the Swedish State Prize for Literature. Her philanthropic achievements have been recognized with the 1978 German Booksell Peace Prize and the 1989 Albert Schweitzer Medal (awarded by the American Animal Improvement Institute). The writer died on January 28, 2002 in Stockholm. Astrid Lindgren is one of the most famous children's writers in the world. Her works are imbued with fantasy and love for children. Many of them have been translated into over 70 languages ​​and published in more than 100 countries. In Sweden, she became a living legend as she entertained, inspired and comforted generations of readers, participated in political life, changed laws and significantly influenced the development of children's literature.

Pippi Longstocking moves into the Chicken Villa

Life in an ordinary Swedish town was incredibly boring and dreary, until the mischievous, red-haired girl Pippi Longstocking settled in the Chicken Villa. For some reason, she lives alone, without parents.

But is the strongest girl in the world, who can carry a horse through a puddle with outstretched arms, afraid of robbers and swindlers? Of course no!

Incredible adventures, pranks and pranks are not liked by the adult residents of the town and they decide to send the girl to an orphanage.

Pippi Longstocking is going to go

Hooray! Pippi's father, Captain Ephroim Longstocking, has been found! It turns out that he safely survived after the shipwreck and even became the king of the country of Veseliya.

Now Pippi will become a real Negro princess. And in order to become as black and shiny as her subjects, the girl will be smeared with wax on her face. Are you wondering how Pippi lives on the island?

Then hurry up to take a seat on the ship: very soon the sailors will straighten the sails of the Jumper and the most incredible journey will begin. The journey that everyone dreams of.

Pippi Longstocking in the Land of Joy

How can a little nine-year-old girl lay on the shoulder blades of a circus strongman?! Imagine what can!

The name of this incredible girl is Pippi Longstocking. But Peppy is not only the strongest girl in the world, she is also the most cheerful, unpredictable, mischievous.

Just listen to what amazing stories happened to her in the country of Veseliya, where Peppy became a real Negro princess.

Calle Blomkvist

The famous detective Kalle Blomkvist plays

Like thousands of other boys in the world, Kalle Blumkvist dreamed of becoming a detective. What could be more exciting than unraveling a crime?

But can something incredible happen in a provincial Swedish town where everyone knows each other? Like a mysterious robbery? It turns out it might...

Kalle unexpectedly attacks the trail of the criminal, but this game turns out to be too dangerous...

The famous detective Kalle Blomkvist takes risks

A quiet, provincial town, where every resident is in plain sight, shocked by what happened ...

How could a murder happen here? And now what i can do? Close doors and windows tightly and do not stick your nose out of the house?

Fortunately, the famous detective Kalle Blomkvist lives here, who easily unravels the most difficult riddles. Join the hero of the book: hard trials and incredible adventures await you!

Kalle Blomkvist and Rasmus

What could be more fun than hunting down bandits? Such a dangerous game will appeal to any boy who dreams of the glory of Sherlock Holmes.

But as soon as a real criminal appears in the town, all games are over. This time, the famous detective Kalle Blomkvist will have to face the kidnapper of children.

Defeating Evil is incredibly difficult. But resourcefulness, ingenuity and courage will help our hero to reveal another secret and help the police in search of the criminal.

Bullerby

• We are all from Bullerby
• Again about the children from Bullerby
• Have fun in Bullerby

Katy

• Katy in America
• Kati in Italy
• Katy in Paris

Carlson

Kid and Carlson, who lives on the roof

Adults are often perplexed: why did the children like Carlson so much?

Harmful, capricious, ill-mannered, always asking tasty food… This list can be listed indefinitely.

Perhaps because every minute he is ready to play pranks, and not always without consequences? Does the negative influence of the street (in this situation, rooftops) always sound tempting to home children? Most likely, this is not entirely true.

After all, Carlson for the Kid is not an evil hooligan and started in adventurous games, but more a lonely child who wants affection, attention and family warmth.

The kid, despite his young age, understands this very well. He feels sorry for Carlson and he is ready to forgive him a lot ...

Carlson, who lives on the roof, flew back

It is amazing when strange things happen around you; when various things mysteriously disappear from under the very nose, for example: delicious buns and tiny, locked boys.

How this happens is unknown. Or the door is unexpectedly locked from the outside while everyone is sitting in the room. And on the wall, literally out of nowhere, unusual inscriptions appear. And suddenly there are some heartbreaking sounds, from which there is a desire to cry.

No, dear reader, this is not a horror book or a crime story. This is just our old friend - a lover of fooling around - Carlson!

Carlson, who lives on the roof, is playing pranks again

Neither parents nor you - no one can eat the whole jar of jam at once.

But the short fat little man Carlson can easily do this. He huddles on the roof of a multi-storey building and often flies to his friend Kid to feast on and have fun. He calls the housekeeper Freken Bock a "housekeeper" and steals tasty buns from her with the Kid.

They have fun together, so you will not be bored when reading this entertaining and kind story.

loud street

• The Children of Horny Street
• Lotta from Gorlasty Street

Madiken

• Madiken
• Madiken and Pims of Junibacken
• Look, Madiken, it's snowing! (picture book)
• All about Madiken (compilation)
• How Lisabeth stuffed a pea up her nose (story)
• Christmas is a beautiful invention, Madiken said (story)

Emil from Lönneberg

• Emil of Lönneberga (novel)
• New tricks of Emil from Lönneberga (story)
• Emil from Lönneberg is still alive! (story)
• Oh that Emil! (picture book)
• How Emil pulled out Lina's tooth (picture book)
• Ida learns to play pranks (story)
• The Adventures of Emil of Lönneberga (collection of short stories)
• Emil's 325th trick (story)
• “The more the better,” said Emil of Lönneberga (story)
• Emil and baby Ida (collection of short stories)
• How Emil Poured Dough on Dad's Head (picture book)
• How Emil got his head in the tureen (picture book)

No series

Britt-Marie pours out her soul

"Britt Marie pours out her soul" - the first work of the writer, for which the then little-known Lindgren, namely the most ordinary housewife, received an award in a children's publishing competition as the creator of the best book for children.

This is a fairy tale about love for one's home and relatives, about a sense of responsibility and striving for a goal, about the ups and downs of love and the ability to communicate with the opposite sex.

In a word, about those who have just begun to enter this life.

Rasmus, Pontus and Clutzer

What could be calmer and more dreary than living in a small Swedish town?

11-year-old Rasmus and Pontus are constantly striving to diversify it - it can be a trip to the fair or the nightly theft of the Form of Useless Things.

They would not refuse to travel around the world - at least in such a pleasant green trailer, like the famous sword-swallower Alfredo ... But it turns out that there is no point in leaving Vestanvik to find exciting adventures!

rasmus vagabond

The story of "Rasmus the Tramp" tells about significant events in the fate of nine year old boy who has no parents.

When conditions in the orphanage become extremely dire, he decides to run wherever his eyes look.

During his wanderings, Rasmus comes across a tramp Oscar. Risky adventures await them ahead, which, fortunately, will end in a happy ending.

Mio, my Mio

It's good when you have parents. What if you're completely alone?

If you feel as lonely as the 9-year-old boy Busse from fairy tale Astrid Lindgren?

Then your fantasy can take you to the Land Far Away, where your father is the king, and you own the status of Prince Charming Mio. And even if something threatens you and you need to fight the terrible and treacherous knight Kato, you can overcome any shyness and doubts, because in this incredible country everything you dream about always comes true...

Brothers Lionheart

"Brothers Lionheart" - fascinating story Astrid Lindgren, in which readers will learn where fairy tales come from, where miracles reign, what real longing is and what is interesting about a country like Nangiyala.

Once in this country, people become more beautiful, all their dreams come true.

1 - About the little bus that was afraid of the dark

Donald Bisset


A fairy tale about how a mother-bus taught her little bus not to be afraid of the dark ... About a little bus who was afraid of the dark to read Once upon a time there was a little bus in the world. He was bright red and lived with dad and mom in the garage. Every morning …

2 - Three kittens

Suteev V.G.

A small fairy tale for the little ones about three restless kittens and their funny adventures. Little kids love short stories with pictures, therefore, Suteev's fairy tales are so popular and loved! Three kittens read Three kittens - black, gray and ...

3 - Hedgehog in the fog

Kozlov S.G.


A fairy tale about the Hedgehog, how he walked at night and got lost in the fog. He fell into the river, but someone carried him to the shore. It was a magical night! Hedgehog in the fog read Thirty mosquitoes ran out into the clearing and began to play ...

4 - About the little mouse from the book

Gianni Rodari


A small story about a mouse who lived in a book and decided to jump out of it into Big world. Only he did not know how to speak the language of mice, but knew only a strange bookish language ... To read about a mouse from a little book ...

5 - Apple

Suteev V.G.


A fairy tale about a hedgehog, a hare and a crow who could not share the last apple among themselves. Everyone wanted to own it. But the fair bear judged their dispute, and each got a piece of goodies ... Apple to read It was late ...

6 - Black Pool

Kozlov S.G.


A fairy tale about a cowardly Hare who was afraid of everyone in the forest. And he was so tired of his fear that he decided to drown himself in the Black Pool. But he taught the Hare to live and not be afraid! Black pool read Once upon a time there was a Hare ...

7 - About the Hedgehog and the Rabbit A piece of winter

Stuart P. and Riddell K.


The story is about how the Hedgehog, before hibernation, ask the Rabbit to keep him a piece of winter until spring. The rabbit rolled up a large ball of snow, wrapped it in leaves and hid it in his hole. About the Hedgehog and the Rabbit Piece ...

8 - About the Hippo who was afraid of vaccinations

Suteev V.G.

A fairy tale about a cowardly hippopotamus who ran away from the clinic because he was afraid of vaccinations. And he got jaundice. Fortunately, he was taken to the hospital and cured. And the Hippo was very ashamed of his behavior... About the Behemoth, who was afraid...

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (née Eriksson, November 14, 1907, Vimmerby, Sweden - January 28, 2002, Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish writer, author of a number of world famous books for children, including Carlson, who lives on roof" and tetralogy about Pippi Longstocking. In Russian, her books became known and very popular thanks to the translation of Lilianna Lungina.

After her marriage, Astrid Lindgren decided to become a housewife in order to devote herself entirely to caring for her daughter Karin.
According to Astrid Lindgren, "Pippi Longstocking" (1945) was born primarily thanks to her daughter Karin. In 1941, she fell ill with pneumonia, and every night Astrid told her all sorts of stories before going to bed. Once a girl ordered a story about Pippi Longstocking - she invented this name right there, on the go. So Astrid Lindgren began to compose a story about a girl who does not obey any conditions. Since Astrid then defended the idea of ​​​​education taking into account child psychology, which was new for that time and caused heated debate, the challenge to conventions seemed to her an interesting thought experiment.
In 1945, Astrid Lindgren was offered the position of editor of children's literature at the publishing house Raben and Sjögren. She accepted this offer and worked in one place until 1970, when she officially retired. All of her books were published by the same publishing house. Despite being very busy and combining editorial work with household chores and writing, Astrid turned out to be a prolific writer: if you count picture books, a total of about eighty works came out of her pen.

Astrid Lindgren was an unusually versatile author, ready to experiment in a variety of genres.

In 1946, she published the first story about the detective Kalle Blomkvist, thanks to which she won first prize in a literary competition.
In 1954, Astrid Lindgren wrote the first of her three fairy tales - "Mio, my Mio!" This is the story of Bo Wilhelm Olsson, the unloved and neglected son of foster parents.
In the next trilogy - "The Kid and Carlson, who lives on the roof" - the fantasy hero of a non-evil sense is again acting. This “moderately well-fed”, infantile, greedy, boastful, puffed up, self-pitying, self-centered, though not without charm little man lives on the roof of the apartment building where the Kid lives. As Baby's semi-adult friend from a semi-fabulous reality, he is a much less wonderful image of childhood than the unpredictable and carefree Pippi.