Ulf Stark

Ulf Stark (2005)

Ulf Stark (born July 12, 1944 in Stockholm , Sweden ; † June 13, 2017 there ) was one of the most famous Swedish writers and screenwriters . He mainly wrote children's books .

Life

Ulf Stark was the son of a dentist, studied education and psychology and worked as a trainer for the Swedish employment office.

At the age of 20 he published Ett hål till livet , poems for adults, which were followed by two further books for adults in 1966 and 1967. In 1975 he wrote his first children's book. In 1984 he achieved his international breakthrough with the children's book Dårfinkar och dönickar ( Eng . Everyone thinks I'm a boy ). Several of his works have been filmed. Two years after the appearance of "Can you whistle, Johanna", awarded the Heffaklumpen in Sweden and the German Youth Literature Prize in Germany , the Swedish television adaptation was broadcast for the first time in 1994 around Christmas Eve . It has been doing this every year since then.

Works (selection)

Children's and young people's literature

picture books

• My big brother . Illustrations by Mati Lepp . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 1995. ISBN 3-551-51444-5 (Original title: Storebrorsan )
• When papa showed me the universe . Illustrations by Eva Eriksson . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 1999. ISBN 3-551-51486-0 (Original title: När pappa visade mej världsalltet )
• The fairy tale of the wonderful chicken feather shoes . Illustrations by Anna Höglund. Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 2002. ISBN 3-551-55259-2 (Original title: Hönsfjäderskorna )

Children's books

• Peter and the Red Bird , 1975 (original title: Petter och den röda fågeln )
• Peter and the rebellious pigs , 1976 (original title: Petter och de upproriska grisarna )
• Everyone thinks I am a boy . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer . Ueberreuter Verlag, 1986. ISBN 3-8000-2714-3 (Original title: Dårfinkar och dönickar )
• We polar bears . Ueberreuter Verlag, 1989. ISBN 3-8000-2308-3
• When father's washing machine went on strike . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 1990. ISBN 3-551-55031-X
• Can you whistle, Johanna? Illustrations by Anna Höglund . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 1993. ISBN 3-551-55079-4 (Original title: Kan du vissla Johanna , 1992)
• Then you better take my brother . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 1994. ISBN 3-551-55064-6
• My sister is an angel . Illustrations by Anna Höglund. Carlsen Verlag, 1997. ISBN 978-3-551-51476-9 (Original title: Min syster är en ängel , 1996)
• The blue horse . Illustrations by Anna Höglund. Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 1998. ISBN 3-551-51482-8 (Original title: Ängeln och den bl ° aa hästen )
• Lonely Hearts Club . Illustrations by Sigi Ahl . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 1998. ISBN 3-551-55129-4
• A witch in our family (Original title: En Häxa i familjen )
• Ensam med min bror , 2000
• Little devil Asmodeus . Illustrations by Anna Höglund. Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 2000. ISBN 3-551-55188-X (Original title: Lilla Asmodeus )
• Paul and Paula: Two are one too many . New edition of Everyone thinks I'm a boy . Carlsen Verlag, 2000. ISBN 3-551-55157-X
• The golden heart . Illustrations by Philip Waechter . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 2004. ISBN 3-551-55156-1 (Original title: Guldhjärtat )
• Severin and Nepomuk . Illustrations by Sabine Büchner . Translated by Brigitta Kicherer . Carlsen Verlag, 2008. ISBN 978-3-551-55447-5 (Original title: Märklin och Turbin )
• The hedgehog can manage on its own . Illustrations by Ann-Cathrine Sigrid Ståhlberg. Production by IKEA FAMILY, 2011.

Percy series

• Percy's sneakers . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 1993. ISBN 3-551-55090-5
• Percy's miracle . Illustrations by Rotraut Susanne Berner . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 1996. ISBN 3-551-55089-1
• A summer with Percy and Buffalo Bill . Illustrations by Heike Herold . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 2006. ISBN 978-3-551-55425-3 (Original title: Min vän Percy, Buffalo Bill och jag )

Ulf series

• Super Ulf . Illustrations by Markus Majaluoma . Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 2007. ISBN 978-3-551-55470-3 (Original title: Mirakelpojken )
• Ulf, the super detective . Illustrations by Markus Majaluoma. Translated by Birgitta Kicherer. Carlsen Verlag, 2011. ISBN 978-3-551-55350-8 (Original title: Detektivpojken )

Scripts

• 1997: My friend the Sheikh (Original title: Min vän shejken i Stureby )
• 1999: Tsatsiki - octopuses and first kisses (original title: Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen ), based on the book by Moni Nilsson-Brännström

Film adaptations

• TV series Everyone thinks I'm a boy
• 1994: Can you whistle, Johanna? , dramatized by the puppet theater of the city of Halle
• 1997: My friend the Sheikh , directed by Clas Lindberg
• 2000: A witch in our family , director: Harald Hamrell
• 2002: Tsatsiki - octopuses and first kisses . Director: Ella Lemhagen

Awards

• Bonniers Junior Publishers' Competition
• 1988: Nils Holgersson plaque for jaguars
• 1993: Astrid Lindgren Prize
• 1994: German youth literature award in the children's book category for Can you whistle, Johanna
• 1995: Expressens Heffaklump for Storebrorsan
• 1996: August Prize in the category "Children's and Young People's Book" for My sister is an angel
• 2000: Children's Book Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for When Papa showed me space
• 2000: Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, Prize of the Children's Jury for the film A Witch in Our Family
• 2006: Top 7 of July for A Summer With Percy and Buffalo Bill
• 2020: Lynx of the month (May) for When I stole the giant's plums (posthumous)

Web links

• Literature by and about Ulf Stark in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ulf Stark in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulf Stark 1944–2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017 (Swedish).