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PERSONAL, CAPTIVATING PICTURES Gunilla Bergström was born in 1942 in Gothenburg, Sweden, where she studied at the Institute of Journalism and later worked as a journalist on several of the main Swedish newspapers until 1975, when she became a full-time author. Her first children's book, published in 1971, has been followed by about 40 others, which she has also illustrated. Gunilla Bergström's books are idiosyncratic and supremely personal, above all because of their illustrations. She grew up in an artist's home and is a self-taught draughtsman. These are clear, distinct pictures, directly captivating through their simplicity and through the psychological tension which she deftly creates with a few, aptly chosen details. |
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| The technique is ink and
collage with a glorious mixture of fabric, paper, yarns
and cuttings. Another unmistakable characteristic is
the facial expressions of the figures, which she has
become something of a master in developing and varying
ad infinitum. She is not averse to a touch of fantasy
and comic exaggeration, and she makes very deliberate
use of colors to complete every story and convey the
mood of it. Gunilla Bergström has taken part in a number of joint exhibitions in Sweden. In 1987-88 she took part in the exhibition which toured Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina under the auspices of the Swedish Institute and BUR (the Swedish Council for Children and Young Persons). In 1989 she was represented in "Authors who Paint" at one of the Stockholm galleries. Gunilla Bergström has also had a couple of separate exhibitions in Sweden. REALITY IS FAIRYTALE ENOUGH! "No princesses, adventures and spacemen! No fancy pictures and, above all, no pretty fibs! I want to tell true stories about real people, just the way we behave in everyday life. Mini-dramas on the psychological level. Mischief, missing a friend, being frightened of ghosts, getting into fights, Christmas being over ... The sort of thing that any child can recognize. But, preferably, there should also be something unreal, unexpected! For in the midst of everyday life we also have: astonishment, terror, a sudden paroxysm of laughter and Eternal Questions. We adults have mostly forgotten that kind of thing, pre-occupied as we are with paying rent, bringing home food and doing our duty: forgotten that life is an incomparable enigma! Full of possibilities. The things we get into! Things we never thought we were capable of! And while wars are fought, computers are invented and people have babies ... the seasons of the year are performing their perpetual cycle, over and over again as they have been doing for thousands of years past ... It's incomprehensible! Reality is fairytale enough. Each day is new. Children understand this best. It's we adults who have forgotten. I want to tell stories so that children and adults will be reminded and can laugh and be amazed together. Children who are charged with reality and with the magic of reality are more amply equipped. Other decisions can be made, stronger contenders conted and more affectionate spirit can be created - when youngsters one day become the people in power. Or "simply" parents ... " Gunilla Bergström |
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ALFIE ATKINS Alfie is an ordinary little chap living with his good-natured, scatty father in a modern suburb which could be anywhere in the world. He is not very big and not very strong. And he prefers not fighting. He is cheerful and full of mischief, but he also has his moments of being angry, jealous, frightened of ghosts... The books take in most things - from everyday troubles to life's big questions. Any child can identify with Alfie, which perhaps explains why he is loved all over the world! |
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THE ALFIE-BOOKS |
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ALFIE WORLDWIDE Alfie Atkins is a household classic for a few million pre-school children all over the world. He is now into his second generation of readers. The first book having appeared way back in 1972. There are more than 30 books about him, in about 30 languages - books which keep going through new editions. The Swedish print run in 2010 totaled 4.2 million copies. |
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ALFIE's NAME IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND LANGUAGES |
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| Sweden -
Alfons Åberg |
Italy: Alfons Aberg Japan - Alfons Kurdish - Alfons Oberg Romani - Ardom Nordsamiska - Alfons Åberg Lulesamiska - Ábmut Sydsamiska - Aalfone Spain - Alfonso Turkey - Alfons Åberg Wales - Ifan Bifan Holland - Alfons Alfrink Frisiska - Ate Attema Serbocroatic - Alfons Åberg Farsi - Alfons Åberg |
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MARKETING ALFIE IN SWEDEN For general enquires and more information about the Author or the books please contact: |
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Bok-Makaren
AB Observatoriegatan 10 113 29 Stockholm, Sweden |
Tel. +46-(0)8-151220 Fax. +46-(0)8-6121264 Mail. Bok-Makaren |
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