| Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Lars Klinting (1948-2006) was a beloved Swedish author and illustrator. He trained as a carpenter before he wrote and illustrated his first book. Lars created numerous children's books including the Handy Harvey series, which became popular all over the world, and illustrated books by Astrid Lindgren and Selma Lagerlöf. He won the Elsa Beskow Plaque in 1987. Joan Tate (1922-2000) was an acclaimed and prolific literary translator who worked on more than 200 books from the Scandinavian languages. |
