Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren is a famous Swedish writer of children's books, whose works renewed children's literature in Sweden and in Scandinavia. Lindgren's best-known characters are independent and unconventional, such as the untidy Pippi Longstocking, Karlsson, and Emil with his pranks. She wrote many books for children and received many awards for her work, including the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Pippi Longstocking in 1973; the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1958; and the International Book Award from UNESCO in 1993.