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Inger Edelfeldt

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Language
  
Swedish

Role
  
Author

Name
  
Inger Edelfeldt


Years active
  
1977–

Nationality
  
Swedish

Awards
  
Dobloug Prize - Sweden

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Born
  
July 14, 1956 (age 67) Stockholm, Sweden (
1956-07-14
)

Occupation
  
AuthorIllustratorTranslatorComic book creator

Notable works
  
Duktig pojke ("Good Boy")

Inger Edelfeldt (born 14 July 1956) is a Swedish author, illustrator and translator.

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Personal life

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Edelfeldt was born in Stockholm in 1956. Her father was an engineer and her mother was a house wife. Her father user to tell her stories before he went to work in the mornings, but he also suffered from depressions and was treated with electrotherapy. The situation at home reflected on the young Edelfeldt, she was bullied at school and suffered from self-harming OCD. As an adult she tried several therapies and finally settled on Zen coaching and meditation.

Career

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

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

Edelfeldt is a self-taught artist and she says that she has been inspired by the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Arthur Rackham and Maurice Sendak. She has worked as an illustrator since 1976. She made aquarelles for the 1985 edition of the Tolkien calendar in the United States and the United Kingdom.

In other media

In 1995, the Swedish television the TV-series Nattens barn ("The Children of the night"), made after Edelfeldt's young adult novel Julliane och jag ("Juliane and me"). The series was directed by Lisa Ohlin.

On 30 July 1990, Edelfeldt hosted the noted radio program Sommar I P1.

Book illustrations, other authors (Swedish editions)

  • Att spela människa (Very Far Away from Anywhere Else) by Ursula K. Le Guin, translation and illustrations (1977)
  • Sagan om ringen (The Fellowship of the Ring) by J. R. R. Tolkien, cover illustration (1978)
  • Sagan om de två tornen (The Two Towers) by J. R. R. Tolkien, cover illustration (1978)
  • Sagan om konungens återkomst (The Return of the King) by J. R. R. Tolkien, cover illustration (1978)
  • Det brutna svärdet (The Broken Sword) by Poul Anderson, translation and illustrations (1979)
  • Rhiannons svärd (The Sword of Rhiannon) by Leigh Brackett, cover illustration (1979)
  • Silmarillion (The Silmarillion) by J. R. R. Tolkien, cover illustration (1979)
  • Den Långa Tystnaden (The Long Loud Silence) by Wilson Tucker, cover illustration (1979)
  • Ringens värld (appendix from The Return of the King, at first published separately in Sweden) by J. R. R. Tolkien, cover illustration (1980)
  • Moa och Pelle: en kärlekshistoria (Moa and Pelle: a love story) by Kerstin Johansson i Backe, illustrations (1981)
  • Sagornas öar: en resa i den grekiska gudavärlden (Islands of the fairy tales: a journey among the Greek gods) by Enel Melberg, illustrations (1982)
  • Sagor från Midgård (Unfinished Tales) by J. R. R. Tolkien, cover illustration (1982)
  • Arrakis – Ökenplaneten (Dune) by Frank Herbert, cover illustration (1982)
  • Bröllopet i Marsipanien (The wedding in Marsipanien) by Lena Karlin, illustrations (1985)
  • Det var en gång (Once on a Time) by A. A. Milne, illustrations (1986)
  • De förlorade sagornas bok (The Book of Lost Tales) by J. R. R. Tolkien, cover illustration (1986)
  • Ljugmusen och andra sagor (The lying mouse and other tales) by Ervin Lázár, cover and illustrations (1987)
  • De förlorade sagornas bok II (The Book of Lost Tales 2) by J. R. R. Tolkien, cover illustration (1988)
  • Awards

  • 1987 – Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Breven till nattens drottning
  • 1989 – Adamson Diploma from Svenska Serieakademien
  • 1991 – Svenska Dagbladet literary award
  • 1993 – ABF literature and art stipend
  • 1995 – Göteborgs-Posten literary award
  • 1995 – Nils Holgersson Plaque for the short story Gravitation
  • 1996 – Dobloug Prize
  • 1996 – Karl Vennberg's prize
  • 1997 – Ivar Lo-Johanssons personal award
  • 1998 – Ludvig Nordström award
  • 1999 – Gustaf Fröding stipend
  • References

    Inger Edelfeldt Wikipedia