Lisen Adbåge Explained

Lisen Adbåge (born 7 December 1982) is a Swedish illustrator, comic book writer and children's writer. She is the twin sister of Emma Adbåge, with whom she has often collaborated.[1]

Biography

Lisen Adbåge was born in 1982 and grew up in Sya in Östergötland. After high school, she attended a two-year art school in Hofors. Her work includes comics for adults and children and picture books for younger children. She has said her role models are Barbro Lindgren, Kitty Crowther, Gunna Grähs and Eva Lindström.[2]

Among her own best-known children's books are Kurt och Kio, Stor-Emma and Koko och Bosse.[3]

She has been awarded the Elsa Beskow Plaque (2018) and Expressens Heffaklump (2021), with her sister Emma.[4]

Works

Awards

References

  1. http://www.barnensbibliotek.se/tabid/843/Default.aspx Aktuellt om Lisen Adbåge
  2. Tora Villanueva Gran. Olika som bär. 2013. Förskolan. 7/13.
  3. Web site: Lisen Adbåge.
  4. Web site: Emma Adbåge och Lisen Adbåge får Expressens barnkulturpris. April 4, 2022. www.expressen.se.
  5. Web site: 2018-01-30. Libris.
  6. Web site: De fick Rolf Wirténs kulturpris - Linköpingsposten. 2023-05-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201193051/http://www.linkopingsposten.se/de-fick-rolf-wirtens-kulturpris. 2018-02-01.

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