She left home and moved to Stockholm, where she became an office employeer. To the shock of his family, she became pregnant. This carefree period of her life ended at the age of 18. Lindgren also participated in services at the Salvation Army compound, where she met her friends and sang hymns. A natural part of their upbringing was storytelling they were encouraged to enter the world of literature and use their imagination.įrom 1924 to 1926 Lindgren worked as a reporter at the local newspaper, Wimmerby Tidning – her first text had appeared in the paper in 1921. Her parents gave much freedom to their children. Astrid was the second of four children of Samuel August, a tenant farmer, and Hanna Jonsson Ericsson. Appealing to the little anarchist living inside every small child, Lindgren broke the tradition of Elsa Beskow, whose characters behave well and they do their best to live up to their parents’ expectations.Īstrid Lindgren was born Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson in Vimmerby, where she grew up on a farm. Astrid Lindgren’s best-known characters are independent, energetic, and unconventional, such as the untidy Pippi Longstocking, the noisy Nyman kids, and Emil, the master of pranks. Famous Swedish writer of children’s books, who renewed children’s literature.
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