Kristin Roskifte

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Kristin Roskifte
Born (1975-04-30) 30 April 1975 (age 46)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationIllustrator and children's writer
AwardsNordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize (2019)

Kristin Roskifte (born 30 April 1975) is a Norwegian illustrator and author of picture books.[1] She was awarded the Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize in 2019 for the picture book Alle sammen teller ("Everybody counts").[2] The jury praised the pictures in the book, and described the text as "poetic and humoristic".[3][4] As of October 2019, Alle sammen teller had been translated into 27 languages.[5]

Roskifte co-founded the picture book publishing house  [no] in 2007.[6]

Selected works[]

  • Alt vi ikke vet. 2003. (picture book)
  • 28 rom og kjøkken. 2004. (picture book)
  • Still deg i kø. 2005. (picture book)
  • Jorda rundt på 29 bokstaver. 2007. (essays)
  • Mirandas skattkammer. 2008. (picture book, with Jan Kjærstad)
  • 29 liv – Alf og Beate med familie og venner. 2009. (picture book)
  • Leilighetsdikt. 2011. (poetry)
  • Dyrenes skjønnhet. 2012. (picture book)
  • Barnet mitt. 2015. (co-writer, with Hilde Hagerup)
  • Alle sammen teller. 2018. (picture book)

References[]

  1. ^ "Kristin Roskifte". forfatterkatalogen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. ^ Arneberg, Sofie. "Nordisk råds barne- og ungdomslitteraturpris". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Kristin Roskifte fik Nordisk Råds børne- og ungdomslitteraturpris 2019". norden.org (in Danish). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Kristin Roskifte: Alle sammen teller. Billedbog, Magikon, 2018". norden.org (in Danish). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. ^ Tunheim, Helga; Carlsen, Marianne Rustad (29 October 2019). "Kristin Roskifte har skrevet Nordens beste barnebok". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  6. ^ Kalleklev, Katrine. "Magikon Forlag". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

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