Monica Zak

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Monica Zak, 2019.

Monica Christina Zak (born January 27, 1939 in Dresden ) is a Swedish writer and journalist .

Life

Zak's Czech father Franz Zak and Swedish mother Elsa Hellstrand fled Germany to Sweden shortly before the start of the Second World War . She grew up in Örebro , graduated from high school in 1960, studied in 1962 at the Gothenburg Commercial College and at the Institute for Journalism . She worked as a consultant for the Swedish Writer's Center (Swedish: Författarcentrum ) from 1976 to 1977 and as a daily and trade press journalist for the Örebro newspaper Nerikes Allehanda (1957-60), the monthly Damernas värld (1963) and the newspaper Aftonbladet (1965-71) . From 1984 to 1990 she worked as a freelancer for the Barnens Värld reporting agency . From 1990 onwards she traveled around the world as an international newspaper reporter for ten years, delivering reports from Guatemala , Mexico , the Dominican Republic , Algeria , Panama , Costa Rica , Kenya , Peru , Tanzania , El Salvador , China and Somalia .

In the course of her working life to date, Zak has written around 45 works, including many books for children and young people, most of which are set in Central or South America . Her works have been translated into more than twelve languages. For some time she was a member of the Swedish Children's Book Academy (Swedish: Svenska barnboksakademien ). Her book Puma's Daughter was awarded the Nils Holgersson plaque and was made into a film in 1994.

Works (selection)

  • Oskar Storm på den obebodda ön , 1971
  • Havets indians: med skutan Fernando i San Blas , 1971
  • Fortuna III: en berättelse om sommar och äventyr , 1973
  • Äventyret och indianerna , 1976
  • Den hemliga resan , 1978
  • Kungaboken , 1980
  • Vi vann! , 1981
  • Barricades , 1983
  • Vi vill ha fred! , 1984
  • Uppdraget , 1984
  • Accrued , 1984
  • Huset med den blå volcanoes , 1985
  • Nu jobbar vi med Central America , 1985
  • Pumans dotter (German: Puma's daughter , ISBN 3423780789 ), 1986
  • Hjälp! Boan är los! , 1987
  • Rädda min djungel , 1987
  • Regnskogsjakten , 1988
  • Jaguarskogen , 1989
  • Paloma och pyramidstadens hemlighet , 1989
  • Pojken med vrålaporna , 1990
  • Tiger Miraklet and Andra Berättelser om hunga masculine kor i världen , 1990
  • Uggleflickan , 1991
  • Det gröna guldet , 1992
  • Sjörövarflaskan: the här är historien om Kristoffer Barfot , 1992
  • Spökhunden , 1993
  • Grisjakten , 1993
  • Hovdamen och jag: en treas hemliga memoarer , 1994
  • Den hemska fisken , 1995
  • Miljonpaddan , 1996
  • Felix, gatubarn , 1997
  • Gatubarnsmordet , 1997
  • Pojken som levde med strutsar , 2001
  • Alex Dogboy , 2002
  • Den Tredje Kärleken , 2005
  • Björn Lindansare , 2008
  • Offensive Röda Nunnan , 2009
  • Kasta syra , 2011

Prizes and awards

  • Nils Holgersson plaque, 1987
  • Bokjuryn in the 14 to 19 year category, 2002

Web links

Commons : Monica Zak  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on alex.se ( Memento from August 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Swedish), accessed on March 16, 2012
  2. ↑ Entry on IMDb , accessed on March 16, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Zak, Monica
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zak, Monica Christina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden