When you hear the name Astrid Lindgren, Carlson, Emil, Peppy Longstocking and other heroes of stories written by a children's writer from Sweden
Astrid was born in 1907 on a farm near the town of Wimmerby, in southern Sweden. Their family was friendly, they lived in close proximity to nature. Apparently, this determined the style of future works of the writer - free, easy and simple.
In addition, the family sang a lot, my father told all kinds of jokes, and the neighbors who came to visit were also not averse to entertaining the friends' campaign with fables and fairy tales that little Astrid eagerly absorbed.
As Lindgren later told, she later used many jokes from her childhood in her books.
Children treated the work on the farm as an adventure, and when there were trips to somewhere, there was no limit to joy at all. But Lindgren experienced a real shock when she first picked up a book with fairy tales. She represented the wonderful world that was revealed to her in books. It was like a miracle, and soon she herself began to write different stories.
The Beginning of the Writing Path
At 24, Astrid marries and is fully committed to the family. At the same time, she carries out the assignments of the secretary and writes short stories for the family magazine.
Once, when her little daughter Karin fell ill, Astrid began telling her a story about a girl. Karin immediately asked to tell a story about Peppy Longstocking - that is, she herself came up with this name. And my mother began to compose and tell stories about a girl who is not subject to any conventions and adult rules.
I must say that at that time Lindgren actively promoted the idea of education that takes into account child psychology.
She composed more and more stories about the red-haired freedom-loving girl, until they took shape in a book with her own illustrations of Astrid. She handed this book over to the publishing house for printing, but the manuscript was not accepted. However, at that time Lindgren already realized that she had found her calling: to write children's books.
Following this, a story appeared about detective Kalle Blumqvist, for which she received a significant literary award. There were three stories about Calle in total, and all of them were enthusiastically received by small readers.
Then there was the dramatic story of the boy “Myo, my Myo!” In which Lindgren raised the issue of abandoned children.
And, finally, the world famous story about Carlson and the Kid is perhaps the most famous story of a Swedish writer.
