Ulf Nilsson (author)

Ulf Lennart Nilsson (18 September 1948 – 22 September 2021) was a Swedish writer who published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents. 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.

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 ()
• 1985 – Den fräcka krÃ¥kan
• 1986 – Boeing 747 (together with Pija Lindenbaum)
• 1994 – Mästaren och de fyra skrivarna
• 1996 – En dag med mössens brandkÃ¥r
• 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 pÃ¥ knappar
• 2006 – Den döde talar
• 2006 – Lilla syster kanin gÃ¥r alldeles vilse
• 2006 – Alla döda smÃ¥ djur
• 2007 – Ensam bland rävar

English translations

• 2006 – All the Dear Little Animals, (Gecko Press) 32pp.,
• 2020 – All the Dear Little Animals, chapter book edition (Gecko Press) 64pp.,
• 2015 – Detective Gordon: The First Case, (Gecko Press) 96pp.,
• 2016 – Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case, (Gecko Press) 96pp.,
• 2017 – Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case, (Gecko Press)108pp.,
• 2018 – Detective Gordon: A Case for Buffy, (Gecko Press) 112pp.,

Spanish translations

• 2021 – Inspector Gordon. El primer caso, (HarperCollins) 96pp.,

Awards

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

• 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
• 1985 – Expressens Heffaklump for Om ni inte hade mig and Den fräcka krÃ¥kan
• 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

External links

• Ulf Nilsson author biography