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| Astrid Lindgren(1907- 2002)
享誉世界的瑞典儿童文学作家阿斯特丽德林格伦1月28日在斯德哥尔摩的家中去世,享年94岁。林格伦的女儿卡琳尼曼向新闻界宣布,她的母亲在过去一段时间里一直病痛缠身,在临终前的近一个月中又受到严重的病毒感染,最终未能治愈。 Famous Swedish writer of children's books, dominant figure in modern children's literature in Sweden and in Scandinavia. Lindgren's best-known characters are independent and unconventional, such as Pippi Longstocking, Karlsson, and Emil. Astrid Lindgren war born Astrid Ericsson in Vimmerby. She grew up on her parent's farm. At the age of 19, she moved to Stockholm, where she worked in an office. She married, started a family and as her children were growing up, she told them stories that she had heard in her own childhood. At the age of 37, she started to write down the Pippi tales - her daughter had made the name up. Lindgren's acclaimed success in 1945 with the creation of Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking). It was followed by two sequels. The anarchistic protagonist was condemned by some authorities in the heated discussion of permissive upbringing. In her articles from 1939 and 1949 Lindgren defended the right of children to be treated like human beings without being oppressed: if the children are given love, good behavior will look after itself.
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