Ann-Madeleine Gelotte

Ann-Madeleine Gelotte (20 February 1940 – 24 December 2002) was a Swedish illustrator and writer.

Biography

Gelotte worked as a nurse and started publishing children's books in 1971. She made her breakthrough as a children's writer with Ida Maria från Arfliden in 1977. The book depicts her grandmother's life in Lapland in the late 19th century. The book was followed by Tyra i 10:an Odengatan (1981), which is about her mother's childhood in a working-class family in Stockholm in the 1910s to 1920s. Vi bodde i Helenelund (1983) is about her own childhood in Sollentuna köping in the 1940s and 1950s.

She also published some other autobiographical books for adults, such as the book Till morfar på fars dag (1980), where she writes about her life as a child of divorced parents.

Works

1971 – Johanna 5 år 1973 – Jag ska minsann inte bli stor igen 1973 – Här kommer vinden 1973 – Då hände det 1976 – Det här är en bok om minstingen 1977 – Min älva 1977 – Ida Maria från Arfliden 1978 – Tänk om jag vore 1978 – Anhörig 1980 – Till morfar på fars dag 1981 – Tyra i 10:an Odengatan 1983 – Vi bodde i Helenelund 1985 – Där de vita sängar stå 1986 – En björnberättelse 1988 – Aladdins son 1990 – Gunnar Grimms äventyr 1992 – När vi var barn 1992 – Snäll 1994 – Brev från en kanin 1996 – En duktig gris 1997 – En tvättbjörns vecka 2003 – Har du hört om räven?

Awards 1977 – Expressens Heffaklump