1. Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter, was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone.
11 Facts About Maria Gripe
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When Maria was six, her family moved from Vaxholm to Orebro.
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In 1946 she married the artist Harald Maria Gripe, who created cover illustrations for most of her books.
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The change in her writing style from her less mature work was partly a result of the influence of Edgar Allan Poe, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, and Carl Jonas Love Almquist, and partly a reaction to violence in entertainment that had begun to gain ground in cultural expression; Maria Gripe sought to manufacture plot tension in less overt ways.
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Maria Gripe wrote 38 books, translated into 30 different languages, making her one of Sweden's most prolific writers.
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Maria Gripe's last published book was Annas blomma.
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Several of Maria Gripe's books have been filmed, such as Glasblasarns barn and Agnes Cecilia - en sallsam historia, directed by Anders Gronros in the 1990s.
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Maria Gripe wrote the original Swedish television script for Trolltider.
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Maria Gripe was the first recipient of Expressens Heffaklump in 1966.
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Maria Gripe was the 1979 Swedish winner of the Dobloug Prize for Swedish and Norwegian fiction.
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Gripe's publisher Bonnier Carlsen established the Maria Gripe Prize in 2005, which is a literary prize awarded annually.