Ulf Stark
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 Ulf Stark at the 2005 Gothenburg Book Fair | |
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July 12, 1944 Stureby, Stockholm Municipality |
Ulf Gottfrid Stark (born 12 July 1944)[1] is a Swedish author[2] and screenwriter (he has adapted several of his own books for film and wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen).
Stark has collaborated with the illustrators Anna Höglund and Mati Lepp.
From 1989 to 1998 he was an elected member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books.[3]
In 1998 he received the Nordic Children's Book Prize.[4]
Career
Stark was born and grew up in Stureby, Stockholm Municipality, which place features in several of his books. Stark's interest in writing started early; during his time at secondary school he was introduced to writing by his classmate Peter Curman, and in 1964 he wrote his first poetry Ett hål till livet. Following this, Stark's interest in writing for a career was greatly encouraged.
Selected bibliography[5]
- 1966 - Sophämtarna
- 1967 - Skärgårdsliv
- 1975 - Petter och den röda fågeln (Stark's 1st children's book)
- 1976 - Petter och de upproriska grisarna
- 1978 - Patrik
- 1984 - Dårfinkar & dönickar
- 1985 - Maria Bleknos
- 1986 - Låt isbjörnarna dansa
- 1987 - Jaguaren (won the Nils Holgersson Plaque)
- 1987 - Sixten
- 1989 - Karlavagnen
- 1991 - Min vän Percys magiska gymnastikskor
- 1992 - Can You Whistle, Johanna? (won the 1994 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis)
- 1995 - Min vän shejken i Stureby
- 1996 - Min syster är en ängel (won the 1996 August Prize)
- 1997 - Ängeln och den blåa hästen
- 1997 - Inget trams
- 1998 - När pappa visade mej världsalltet
- 1998 - Lilla Asmodeus
- 2000 - Ensam med min bror
- 2000 - Den svarta fiolen
- 2001 - Mitt liv som Ulf
- 2001 - Vi läser storbildsblock
- 2001 - Hönsfjäderskorna
- 2002 - När mamma var indian
- 2002 - Göran och draken
- 2003 - Fullt med flugor i klassen
- 2003 - När jag besökte himlen
- 2004 - Kvällen när pappa lekte
- 2004 - Min vän Percy, Buffalo Bill och jag
- 2005 - Märklin och Turbin
- 2008 - En stjärna vid namn Ajax
References
- ↑ "Sök personer". Birthday.se. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ http://www.barncancerfonden.se/Behallare/Tidning/Tidigare-nummer/20061/Barn--Cancer-106/Kronika-Ulf-Stark-/
- ↑ "Svenska barnboksakademins tidigare ledamöter" (in Swedish). Swedish Academy for Children's Books. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ↑ "Nordisk-skolebibliotekarforening.org". Nordisk-skolebibliotekarforening.org. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
- ↑ "sökning: förf:(Stark, Ulf, 1944-)". LIBRIS. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
External links
- Ulf Stark on www.forfatterweb.dk (Danish)
- Ulf Stark (written on Danish)
- Ulf Stark on Bonnier Carlsen's website
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