Ulf Nilsson (author)

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Ulf Nilsson
Nilsson in 2016
Born	18 September 1948 Helsingborg, Sweden
Died	22 September 2021 (aged 73)
Occupation	Writer
Language	Swedish
Nationality	Swedish
Period	1979–2021
Genre	Children-youth

Ulf Lennart Nilsson (18 September 1948 – 22 September 2021) was a Swedish writer^[1] who published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents.^[2] He was also the longtime president of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. A number of his works have been translated into English by Gecko Press.

Nilsson died on 22 September 2021, at the age of 73.^[3]

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)^[4]
• 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

English translations

• 2006 – All the Dear Little Animals, (
  ISBN 978-0-958259-88-0
  • 2020 – All the Dear Little Animals, chapter book edition (
    ISBN 978-1-776572-82-3^[5]
• 2015 – Detective Gordon: The First Case, (Gecko Press) 96pp.,
  ISBN 978-1-927271-69-8^[6]
• 2016 – Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case, (Gecko Press) 96pp.,
  ISBN 978-1-776570-65-2^[7]
• 2017 – Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case, (Gecko Press)108pp.,
  ISBN 978-1-776571-09-3^[8]
• 2018 – Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy, (Gecko Press) 112pp.,
  ISBN 978-1-776571-79-6^[9]

• 2021 – Inspector Gordon. El primer caso, (
  ISBN 978-8-418279-65-2^[10]

Nilsson has received the August Prize (Augustpriset) twice, the only writer for children and young adults to have been so recognized,^[11] and a distinction he shares with only four other writers for readers of any age.^[12]

• 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^[13]
• 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