Marita Lindquist

Marita Lindquist
Born	November 10, 1918(1918-11-10) Helsinki
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Finn
Period	1964–2000
Notable work(s)	Kotten series

Marita Lindquist (born in 10 November 1918 in Helsinki), a Finnish-Swedish author of many children's books. In addition, she has written song lyrics, illustrated books, worked as a translator, materials writer, producer, former editor and journalist.

Lindquist graduated from high school in 1937 and then studied languages. She is the author of hundreds of song texts and poems. Her repertoire includes about forty children's books (usually the characters are fictional but ex. in Santtu Ellinoora series they were inspired by her grandchildren).

Lindquist is already a widow and has two daughters - Marika and Ankis. She has received many awards (see : Awards section), including National Literature Prize (1973, 1975) and Topelius Award (1982). Her books have been translated into many foreign languages.

Bibliography

• Malenas nya bror, 1964
• Malena börjar skolan, 1966
• Malenas finaste sommar, 1967
• Malena och glädjen, 1969
• Malena, 11 år, 1975
• Toffe och Andrea, 1976
• Andrea + 6 cm, Toffe + 7 cm, 1977
• Kottens bakvända B, 1978
• Du klarar det, Kotten, 1978
• Kotten vågar inte gå hem, 1978
• Vem tar hand om Kotten?, 1979
• Toffe och Andrea i sommarskogen, 1979
• Kalla mig Robban, 1979
• Det var ditt fel Robban, 1980
• Hugg i, Robban, 1981
• Marielle och Madame, 1982
• Marielle och Vera-Teresa, 1983
• Columbus och Matilda, 1984
• Av pappa, så klart! 1984
• Columbus klass 1B, 1985
• Min katt heter Mirre Sundström: verser på lek och allvar, 1985
• Det var inte jag, 1988
• Du misstar dig Sanna, 1988
• Vuokko Vendela Kristofferson, 1989
• Stora planer, Sanna, 1990
• Spöket James och benbrotten, 1992
• Milligram och småspökena, 1993
• Nikodemus, 1995
• Festa och fira!: årets högtider förr och nu, 1995
• Teater! Teater!, 1998
• Majali i juni månad, 2000

Awards

• 1970 : Swedish Literature Society prize
• 1973 : National Literature Prize
• 1975 : National Literature Prize
• 1975 : Bonniers children's scholarship
• 1980 : Swedish Literature Society prize
• 1981 : Swedish People's School Friends of Culture Prize
• 1982 : Topelius Prize
• 1985 : Swedish Authors' Fund prize
• 1989 : State Children Cultural
• 1990 : Nygrénska Foundation prize
• 1999 : Cultural Foundation prize

Sources

• Marita Lindquist at Amazon.com
• Swedish and Finnish Wikipedia
• Biography

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Name	Lindquist Marita
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Date of birth	10 November 1918
Place of birth	Helsinki
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