Unknown Astrid Lindgren

Much has been written about Astrid Lindgren's childhood and youth, about how she turned from a modest housewife into a famous writer, but until recently almost nothing was known about the period when she worked in the publishing house. Meanwhile, Astrid devoted 24 years of her life to this work, was the first editor of children's books in Sweden and one of the most successful publishers. When she came to the small, modest publishing house Raben & Sjogren, it was on the verge of bankruptcy, and five years later it became one of the leading ones in Sweden. Already famous and receiving large royalties from the sale of her own works, Astrid continued to come to the office every day as an ordinary employee and treated this work with great responsibility. This was a very busy time in her life, but Astrid did not advertise this activity and did not talk about it in interviews.
Kjell Bolyund collected the material for the book literally bit by bit, based on Astrid Lindgren's letters, questioning her colleagues and writers with whom she communicated, carefully comparing this information with the minutes of company management meetings, annual reports, catalogs of new books and publications in the press. Now we have the opportunity to discover Astrid Lindgren from a completely new side.

Author: Kjell Bolyund
Translation: Kovalenko Ksenia Konstantinovna
Year: 2020
Publisher: Corpus
Pages: 256
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 217x148x17 mm
ISBN: 978-5-389-16394-2