Fam Ekman
Fam Kristina Ekman (born 6 October 1946) is a Swedish-Norwegian children's writer and illustrator.
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Fam Ekman
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- Name
- Fam Ekman
- Birth Name
- Fam Kristina Ekman
- Born
- 6 October 1946
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Occupation
- Children's writer, illustrator
- Nationality
- Sweden · Norway
- Education
- Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
- Honours
- Bokkunstprisen · Riksmålsforbundets barne- og ungdomsbokpris
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Fam Kristina Ekman (born 6 October 1946) is a Swedish-Norwegian children's writer and illustrator.
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Fam Ekman (born 1946) is an artist, illustrator and painter, among other activities, of Norwegian and Swedish nationality. The artist was born in Stockholm.
Fam Ekman was educated at Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry. The artist lived in Oslo. Honours include Bokkunstprisen and Riksmålsforbundets barne- og ungdomsbokpris.
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• Name — Fam Ekman • Birth Name — Fam Kristina Ekman • Born — 6 October 1946 • Birthplace — Stockholm, Sweden • Occupation — Children's writer, illustrator • Notable Works — Hva skal vi gjøre med lille Jill? Kall meg onkel Alf • Parents — Hasse Ekman Eva Henning • Relatives — Gösta Ekman (grandfather) Gösta Ekman (half brother)
Early life
Early life
She was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to actors Hasse Ekman and Eva Henning, and moved to Oslo in 1954.
Career
Career
She made her literary début in 1969 with Det kan hända. Her literary breakthrough was Hva skal vi gjøre med lille Jill? from 1976. She was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for the year's best children's or youth's literature in 2007, for Kall meg onkel Alf. She has received several prizes for her art work, and is represented in the Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.
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• Hva skal vi gjøre med lille Jill? • Kall meg onkel Alf
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1946
Fam Ekman born at Stockholm.
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• Brage Prize 1992 • Norwegian Critics Prize for the year's best children's or youth's literature 2007
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- 1.Birkeland, Tone. Fam Ekman. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget.
- 2.Kunnskapsforlaget. Fam Ekman. Store norske leksikon.
- 3.Norwegian Critics' Association. Mottakere av kritikerprisen for beste barne- og ungdomsbok.
- 4.Norwegian Critics' Association. Kritikerprisen for beste barne- og ungdomsbok 2007 til Fam Ekman.
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Fam Ekman is recorded as having received Bokkunstprisen and Riksmålsforbundets barne- og ungdomsbokpris.
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