Kinna Gieth Explained

Anna Katarina "Kinna" Gieth Castellano (née Anna Katarina Gieth)[1] (born 21 June 1976), known as Kinna Gieth, is a Swedish writer. She was awarded the August Prize for children's and young adult literature in 1992 for her book I Miss You, I Miss You! (Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig!), jointly with her co-author Peter Pohl. Aged only sixteen at the time, she is the youngest ever recipient of the August Prize,[2] one of Sweden's most prestigious literary prizes. The book is a novel for young adults. It is semi-autobiographical and inspired by her life following the death of her twin sister Jenny in a traffic accident at the age of thirteen.[3] [4] In the autumn of 1990 Gieth, then aged fourteen, wrote to her favourite author, the established writer Peter Pohl, wondering if he could help her writing a book about her grief and life following the death of her sister.[2] [5] The book has been translated into German, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, English, and Slovene. After the German translation was published, she also received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1995.[6] In 2011 her book was adapted into a motion picture, Jag saknar dig (I Miss You), directed by Anders Grönros.[7] [8]

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  1. https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/Item/?type=person&itemid=392873 Kinna Gieth
  2. https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7510534 Kinna Gieth ifrån Ljungskile den yngsta Augustvinnaren genom tiderna
  3. https://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/till-en-forlorad-syster-dikt-och-verklighet-flyter-samman/ Till en förlorad syster. Dikt och verklighet flyter samman
  4. https://www.dn.se/arkiv/insidan/skuld-och-saknad-nar-tvillingsystern-dor/ Skuld och saknad när tvillingsystern dör
  5. http://dagensbok.com/2011/08/26/peter-pohl-jag-saknar-dig-jag-saknar-dig/ Syskonkärlek bakom vartenda ord
  6. https://www.jugendliteratur.org/buch/du-fehlst-mir-du-fehlst-mir-3508-9783446173460/?page_id=0 Du fehlst mir, du fehlst mir!
  7. https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/film-tv/de-utforskar-sin-storsta-skrack/ De utforskar sin största skräck
  8. https://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/ridan-gar-upp-for-boksucce/ Ridån går upp för boksuccé