Ulf Nilsson (author)

Ulf Nilsson
Born	1948 Helsingborg, Sweden
Occupation	writer
Language	Swedish
Nationality	Swedish
Period	1979–
Genre	children-youth

Ulf Nilsson (born in Helsingborg in 1948), is an award-winning Swedish writer^[1] who has published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents.^[2] He is also the long-running president of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books.

Books

• 1979 – Pojkjävlarna
• 1982 – Älskade lilla gris
• 1983 – Lilla syster Kanin (together with Eva Eriksson)
• 1983 – En kamp för frihet
• 1985 – If You Didn't Have Me (Swedish: Om ni inte hade mig)^[3]
• 1985 – Den fräcka kråkan
• 1986 – Boeing 747 (together with Pija Lindenbaum)
• 1994 – Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna
• 1996 – En dag med mössens brandkår
• 2001 – Varg nosar och jagar
• 1998 – En frälsare är född
• 2002 – Adjö, herr Muffin (together with Anna-Clara Tidholm)
• 2004 – En ängel vid din sida
• 2005 – En halv tusenlapp (together with Filippa Widlund)
• 2005 – Liten mus trycker på knappar
• 2006 – Den döde talar
• 2006 – Lilla syster kanin går alldeles vilse
• 2006 – Alla döda små djur
• 2007 – Ensam bland rävar

Awards

Nilsson has received the August Prize (Augustpriset) twice, the only writer for children and young adults to have been so recognized,^[4] and a distinction he shares with only four other writers for readers of any age.^[5]

• 1983 – BMF-plaketten (jointly with illustrator Eva Eriksson) for Lilla syster kanin
• 1984 – Nils Holgersson-plaketten for Lilla syster Kanin and En kamp för frihet^[6]
• 1985 – Expressens Heffaklump for Om ni inte hade mig and Den fräcka kråkan
• 1994 – Augustpriset for Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna
• 2002 – Augustpriset for Adjö, herr Muffin
• 2002 – BMF-plaketten
• 2002 – Bokjuryn (category 0–6 years)
• 2006 – The Astrid Lindgren Prize for his authorship of child and youth literature
• 2010 – Schullströmska prize for Children's Literature

References

1. Bonnier Group Agency – Ulf Nilsson biography
2. Nationalencyklopedin biographical entry about Nilsson, retrieved 5 August 2014
3. "Review: If You Didn't Have Me". Kirkus. 1 March 1987. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
4. Åsa Warnqvist; Sarah Death (Spring 2013). "New Swedish Books for Young Readers" (PDF). Swedish Arts Council. p. 15.
5. Augustpriset genom åren, Swedish Publishers' Association. Retrieved 5 August 2014 (Swedish)
6. Nils Holgersson-plaketten, Swedish Institute for Children's Books, retrieved 5 August 2014