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Kristin Roskifte

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Kristin Roskifte
Born (1975-04-30) 30 April 1975 (age 49)
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)Illustrator 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]

Biography

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Roskifte was born on 30 April 1975.[2]

She was awarded the Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize in 2019 for the picture book Alle sammen teller ("Everybody counts").[3] The jury praised the pictures in the book, and described the text as "poetic and humoristic".[4][5] As of October 2019, Alle sammen teller had been translated into 27 languages.[6]

Roskifte co-founded the picture book publishing house Magikon [no] in 2007.[7]

Selected works

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  • Alt vi ikke vet. 2003. (picture book)[2]
  • 28 rom og kjøkken. 2004. (picture book)[2]
  • Still deg i kø. 2005. (picture book)[2]
  • Jorda rundt på 29 bokstaver. 2007. (essays)[2]
  • 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)[2]
  • Barnet mitt. 2015. (co-writer, with Hilde Hagerup)
  • Alle sammen teller. 2018. (picture book)[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Kristin Roskifte". forfatterkatalogen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Helgesen, Petra. "Kristin Roskifte". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. ^ Arneberg, Sofie. "Nordisk råds barne- og ungdomslitteraturpris". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Kristin Roskifte fik Nordisk Råds børne- og ungdomslitteraturpris 2019". norden.org (in Danish). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Kristin Roskifte: Alle sammen teller. Billedbog, Magikon, 2018". norden.org (in Danish). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  6. ^ Tunheim, Helga; Carlsen, Marianne Rustad (29 October 2019). "Kristin Roskifte har skrevet Nordens beste barnebok". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  7. ^ Kalleklev, Katrine. "Magikon Forlag". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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