August Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1997) Winner
Annika Thor
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Annika Thor
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1950-07-02 （Gothenburg）
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Gothenburg
Career
- Occupations
- librarian, novelist, screenwriter, journalist
- Active Years
- 1980-2024
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | August Prize | Truth or Dare | 児童文学 | Swedish Academy | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis | A Faraway Island | — | — | 受賞 |
August Prize
1997
Work:
Truth or Dare
Category:
児童文学
Organization:
Swedish Academy
Result:
受賞
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
1999
Work:
A Faraway Island
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
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Edition 44 (1999) Winner
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
2 appearances
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Edition 42 (2010) Winner
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Edition 44 (2012) Nominee
Works
Major Works
Faraway Island
2000 Children's literatureStory of Jewish children who escaped the Holocaust to live on an island in Sweden.
HolocaustJewish identityWarIdentity
Translations
- translated by Linda Schenck
Bibliography
- Faraway Island
- Lily Pond
- Deep Sea
- Open Sea
- Lighthouse and the Stars
- Truth or Dare
- If Not Now, When?
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- RealisticEmotionally rich
- Recurring Motifs
- Holocaust memoryImmigrant experienceFamily bonds
Legacy
Prominent Swedish children's author who won the August Prize. Writes about war and identity from a Jewish perspective.
Trivia
- Has written 15 books for children and teens, and three for adults, translated into 17 languages.