https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as en-us 2017-04-11 03:13:34 UTC 2023-05-10 10:36:54 UTC hello@padlet.com mirandacoover https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165805460 She was born as Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson on November 14, 1907 in Vimmerby, Sweden. She was the second of four children born to Samuel Ericsson, a farmer, and Hanna Ericsson. She spent her happy childhood on her family's farm with her brother Gunnar and her two sisters Stina and Ingegred. Astrid had her first story published in the Vimmerby Times  at the age of thirteen. ]]> 2017-04-11 03:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165805460 mirandacoover https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165806757 When Astrid finished school she began working for the Vimmerby Times as a volunteer. She started out there writing reviews and proofreading articles; later she wrote them. At the age of 18 Astrid became pregnant by a man who was 30 years older than her and married. She left Vimmerby to go to Copenhagen to give birth to her child because it had the only hospital that didn't ask for the name of the child's father. When her son Lars was born she left him in foster care and moved to Stockholm to make a living. After three years Astrid took Lars to live with his grandparents until she could afford to support him on her own. ]]> 2017-04-11 03:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165806757 mirandacoover https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165808078 In 1931 Astrid married Sture Lindgren, the manager of the Royal Swedish Automobile Club. She gave birth to her daughter Karin in 1934. She stayed at home to raise her two children but she made extra money by writing short stories for a magazine called Landsbygdens Jul.  She lived through World War One and World War Two, but  Sweden remained neutral through both so they didn't have as much effect on her as they did the rest of the world. ]]> 2017-04-11 04:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165808078 mirandacoover https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165808661 One of Astrid Lindgren's most notable works is Pippy Longstocking. She came up with the idea when her daughter Karin was sick in bed and asked her to tell her a story about Pippy Longstocking. So she began to tell her daughter stories about the adventures of a girl Pippy Longstocking. In 1945, she wrote down the short stories she told to her daughter and compiled them into a book that she had published by Rabén & Sjögren. Pippy Longstocking quickly became a success worldwide, but the book caused some upset with parents and teachers because Pippy was so free-spirited. Pippy Longstocking was translated into 60 different languages, making it the 18th most translated book in the world.  ]]> 2017-04-11 04:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165808661 mirandacoover https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165809829 Astrid Lindgren worked at Rabén & Sjögren as an editor until her retirement in 1970. While working there she published several more children's books including the Children of Noisy Village series, the Bill Bergson series, and Sea Crow Island. She also wrote some illustrated children's books  including The Tomten, A Calf for Christmas, and Goran's Great Escape. Astrid Lindgren won many awards throughout her lifetime for her work in children's literature including the Hans Christian Andersen medal in 1958 and  the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1973. ]]> 2017-04-11 04:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165809829 mirandacoover https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165811932 She passed away in her home in Stockholm on January 28, 2002 at the age of 94. After her death, the Swedish government created the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for authors of children's literature. In April 2011, the Bank of Sweden announced the would be putting Astrid Lindgren's portrait on the 20 Kronor banknote due to popular public request.]]> 2017-04-11 05:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandacoover/usneuh7kp4as/wish/165811932