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Astrid Lindgrin Thing

November 12, 2007 by Betsy Bird   Leave a Comment

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I’m excited about my ongoing project on Astrid Lindgren: the centennial of her birth is 14 November, and I’ve been celebrating all year with reading, writing, teaching, and travel related to her life and work. I first read _Pippi Longstocking_ when I was nine years old, never dreaming that I would someday get to stand in the little house in Sweden where the author was born.

There is an Astrid Lindgren conference coming up at the University of Minnesota–one of the speakers will be Tiina Nunnally, the translator of the new edition of _Pippi Longstocking_, and I’m especially looking forward to what she has to say about translation and Astrid Lindgren. Below is the electronic flyer the university libraries sent out, and here is the link to the Children’s Literature Research Collections page with information about the event:
An exhibit celebrating Astrid Lindgren’s life and work will be up at the American Swedish Institute  in Minneapolis 31 October-2 December.  Getting to work on this was one of the lucky things about my year. Here is the link to their exhibits page:
Another part of my project is an article in the current _Horn Book_ that came out of my adventure in Sweden last spring.
I don’t have any connection to the events at the House of Sweden events in Washington, but this exhibit and seminar event sound pretty wonderful, too:
I don’t want my email to get too long, but the other thought I want to send along is about how a lot of people have other Astrid Lindgren titles to discover: _The Children of Noisy Village_, for example, and the wonderful _Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter_. For starters.
Thanks for the blog and your other good works–and thanks for reading this Astrid Lindgren hello from Minnesota–

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About Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.

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