WRITER

Astrid Lindgren

1907 - 2002

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Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (Swedish: [ˈǎsːtrɪd ˈlînːɡreːn] ; née Ericsson; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the Six Bullerby Children (Children of Noisy Village in the US), and for the children's fantasy novels Mio, My Son; Ronia the Robber's Daughter; and The Brothers Lionheart. Lindgren worked on the Children's Literature Editorial Board at the Rabén & Sjögren publishing house in Stockholm and wrote more than 30 books for children. In 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th most translated author. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Astrid Lindgren is the 58th most popular writer (down from 57th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Writer.

Astrid Lindgren is most famous for her children's book series, Pippi Longstocking.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Astrid Lindgren ranks 58 out of 7,302. Before her are Denis Diderot, Émile Zola, Gustave Flaubert, Euripides, Li Bai, and Octave Mirbeau. After her are Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Henrik Ibsen, Stendhal, Ayn Rand, and Aeschylus.

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Among people born in 1907, Astrid Lindgren ranks 2. Before her is Frida Kahlo. After her are Edwin McMillan, Claus von Stauffenberg, John Wayne, Ayub Khan, Katharine Hepburn, Oscar Niemeyer, Alexander R. Todd, W. H. Auden, Mircea Eliade, and J. Hans D. Jensen. Among people deceased in 2002, Astrid Lindgren ranks 1. After her are Richard Harris, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Simo Häyhä, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Pierre Bourdieu, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Thor Heyerdahl, Archer Martin, Billy Wilder, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, and John Rawls.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Astrid Lindgren ranks 4 out of 1,879. Before her are Carl Linnaeus (1707), Alfred Nobel (1833), and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946). After her are Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594), Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Selma Lagerlöf (1858), Tycho Brahe (1546), Anders Celsius (1701), Ingmar Bergman (1918), Svante Arrhenius (1859), and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Astrid Lindgren ranks 1. After her are Selma Lagerlöf (1858), August Strindberg (1849), Tomas Tranströmer (1931), Pär Lagerkvist (1891), Eyvind Johnson (1900), Harry Martinson (1904), Verner von Heidenstam (1859), Henning Mankell (1948), Stieg Larsson (1954), Jan Guillou (1944), and Ellen Key (1849).

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