Anna Höglund
Anna Höglund (born May 14, 1958) is a Swedish writer and illustrator, considered to be one of Sweden's best illustrators.
Anna Höglund

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- Born
- 1958
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- writer · illustrator · film director · children's writer
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Anna Höglund (born May 14, 1958) is a Swedish writer and illustrator, considered to be one of Sweden's best illustrators.
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Life and career
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She was born in Stockholm and has no formal art training. Her first book was Sagan om Pannkakan ("The pancake story"), published in 1982. She has also written plays and made animated films. Sagan om Pannkakan was made into an animated film in 1992. Her work is included in the collections of the Gothenburg Museum of Art and the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1958
Anna Höglund born at Stockholm.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3440444: Anna Höglund
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- “Anna Höglund”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- An Artist and a Writer: YA Literature by Anna Höglund, Children's Literature in Education, 2021
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2021
Awards
Zilveren Penseel award for Kan du vissla Johanna? in 1994 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Kan du vissla Johanna? in 1995 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Resor jag aldrig har gjort in 1996 August Prize for Min syster är en ängel in 1996 Pier Paolo Vergerio European Prize for children's literature for Mina och Kåge in 1998 Nils Holgersson Plaque for Om detta talar man endast med kaniner in 2014
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Horváthová, Anna. Bienále Ilustrácií Bratislava, Československo, '79 '81. 1983.
- 2.Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Anna Höglund. Jury.
- 3.Anna Höglund. Nordic Women in Film.
- 4.Gothenburg Museum of Art. Anna Höglund (Swedish, *1958).
- 5.Nationalmuseum. Anna Höglund.
- 6.Can You Whistle, Johanna? Gecko Press. geckopress.com.
- 7.The Stone Giant Picture Books Gecko Press. geckopress.com.
- 8.Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Jury member Anna Höglund awarded the Nils Holgersson-plaque.
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An Artist and a Writer: YA Literature by Anna Höglund, Children's Literature in Education, 2021Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q3440444: Anna HöglundWikimedia Foundation
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