Anna Lisa Wärnlöf

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Anna Lisa Wärnlöf , née Appelquist (born March 15, 1911 in Stockholm ; † September 5, 1987 in Trosa ), was a Swedish writer, translator and columnist who was best known for her youth books published under the pseudonym Claque .

From 1936 to 1939 Wärnlöf was employed by the newspaper Morgontidningen in Gothenburg , from 1940 to 1942 by Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning . After 1945 she worked for Svenska Dagbladet as a columnist under the pseudonym Claque , which she also used for most of her books. In 1959, Wärnlöf received the Nils Holgersson plaque for Pellas bok . Several of her books have been translated into German.

Works

  • Mans gamman , 1949
  • För läsarens skull , 1954
  • Om Ni behagar: kåserier , 1957
  • Pellas bok , 1958
  • Skaffa julgran: kåserier , 1958
  • Pellas andra bok , 1959
  • Pella i practices , 1960
  • Pojken en trappa upp , 1961
  • Fredrikes barn , 1962
  • Boken om Agnes , 1963
  • Ingkvist , 1964
  • Lennerboms: den fjärde boken om Pella , 1965

Translations into Swedish:

  • Tomi i Tokyo , 1962 (Original: The cheerful heart by Elisabeth Janet Gray)
  • De små ryttarna , 1965 (Original: The little riders by Margaretha Shemin)
  • Jennifer och jag , 1968 (Original: Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth by Elaine L. Konigsburg)

literature

  • Greta Bolin: A Meditative Girl: A Study in the Authorship of Claque (Anna Lisa Wärnlöf) . In: Bookbird . tape VII , no. 2 , 1969, ISSN  0006-7377 , pp. 22-29 . ( Published in Swedish under the title En fundersam flicka in November 1963 in Perspektiv , 14, No. 9, pp. 406-409; translated into English by Roger G. Tanner).  - full text . (Online at ALO ).
  • Charlotte Brattström (Ed.): De läses än: från Bertil Almqvist till Anna Lisa Wärnlöf . Portrait of tolv svenska barnboksförfattare. 2nd Edition. Bibliotekstjänst, Lund 1987, ISBN 91-7018-274-4 .
  • Britt Engdal: rats att vara menniska: Anna Lisa Wärnlöf . In: Classics för dig . tape 4 . Bibliotekstjänst, Lund 1999, ISBN 91-7018-435-6 , p. 143-159 .
  • Mary Ørvig: A Collage: Eight Women Who Write Books In Swedish for Children . In: Paul Heins (Ed.): Crosscurrents of Criticism: Horn Book Essays 1968–1977 . Horn Book, Boston, MA 1977, ISBN 978-0-87675-034-6 , pp. 248-260 (Reprint of the two-part article in The Horn Book Magazine , 49; first part in the February 1973 issue, pp. 17-23; second part in the April 1973 issue, pp. 19-27).
  • Birgitta Theander: Där orden är hjältarna: en stilanalys av Claques Pellaböcker . Litteraturvetenskapliga institutions, Stockholm 1999.
  • Gunilla Valentin: Samhällssyn och livssyn i Claques Pella-böcker . Litteraturvetenskapliga institutions, Uppsala 1976.

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personal data
SURNAME Wärnlöf, Anna Lisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Appelquist, Anna Lisa (maiden name); Claque (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish writer, translator and columnist
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH 5th September 1987
Place of death Trosa , Sweden