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Swedish writer and journalist
Viveca Larn
, earlier
Viveca Sundvall
, (born 6 April 1944) is a Swedish writer
[1]
and journalist. She is mostly famous for writing the
Mimmi
and the
Eddie
children's books series. She has also written books for an adult audience, and many of those books formed the basis for the TV series
Salton
.
Biography
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Childhood and upbringing
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Viveca Larn is the daughter of Hubert Larn, who was a journalist and cartoonist, and Katarina, born Ekstrand, as well as niece to Ferdinand Larn.
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In the autobiographical book Sladdisen, a book about my childhood, she depicts her growing up in Gothenburg with the summer holidays at Tjorn. The parents were artistically educated, and the home was characterized by "fantasy, art, literature and popular science walks". She learned early to read and write. Her parents, rather, experienced as her friends than as authorities. In front of games and children's party, she preferred to stay at the creek near the home and fantasize for herself.
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At school started, Viveca Larn had to skip first class. She never enjoyed the primary school or the girls' school but received good grades except in the essay writing, when her essays were considered to contain "too much imagination" with the admission to the Latin Latin Latin Agency, however, her four best adolescence began. She enjoyed the youth gang that gathered at Gotaplatsen and visited the popular dance clubs.
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She was given her first writer's assignment as a twelve-year-old when the uncle at the Gothenburg-Tidningen needed a translator to the series' text boxes. An aunt and her husband became deputy parents when she returned to Gothenburg after the family's move to San Francisco. Early on, she was set to become a writer and during high school,
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Larn won an essay competition with a Frankrikesa as the first prize.
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Awards
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References
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- ^
Sundvall, Viveca, forfattare. Partille
in
Vem ar det
: svensk biografisk handbok
. 1993, page 1054.
- ^
"Personligt"
.
Viveca Larn
. Archived from
the original
on 2012-10-19
. Retrieved
2012-07-27
.
- ^
Larn, Viveca, 1944-. - Sladdisen : en bok om min barndom / Viveca Larn.. - 2019. -
ISBN
9789100177881
- ^
Swalander, Christian (2019-04-13).
"Larn bjuder in till en goteborsk nostalgitripp"
.
Blekinge Lans Tidning
(in Swedish)
. Retrieved
2019-07-16
.
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"Viveca Larn om nya sjalvbiografin Sladdisen: "Jag har alltid varit ensam"
"
.
Selma Stories
. Retrieved
2019-07-16
.
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Larn, Viveca, 1944-. - Sladdisen : en bok om min barndom / Viveca Larn.. - 2019. -
ISBN
9789100177881
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Osterman, Lina (2019-04-13).
"Viveca fran de sju haven"
.
www.unt.se
. Retrieved
2019-07-16
.
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"Forfattarkvall med Viveca Larn pa Astrid Lindgrens Nas"
.
Mynewsdesk
(in Swedish)
. Retrieved
2021-06-09
.
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"BMF-barnboksplaketten"
.
www.boksampo.fi
(in Swedish)
. Retrieved
2021-06-09
.
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"Wettergrens Barnbokollon - SBI"
(in Swedish). 2011-09-05.
Archived
from the original on 2011-09-05
. Retrieved
2021-06-09
.
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"Expressens Heffaklump"
.
www.boksampo.fi
(in Swedish)
. Retrieved
2021-06-09
.
- ^
"Vinnare av Nils Holgersson-plaketten"
(PDF)
. 2021-06-09.
- ^
"Viveca Larn ar arets forfattare"
.
Vision
(in Swedish). 2011-08-17
. Retrieved
2021-06-09
.
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Radio, Sveriges.
"Arets Tage Danielssons pris till Viveca Larn - P4 Goteborg"
.
sverigesradio.se
(in Swedish)
. Retrieved
2021-06-09
.
External links
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Media related to
Viveca Larn
at Wikimedia Commons
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