About Gunnel Linde
Lived 1924 – 2014 (aged 89). Gunnel Linde was a Swedish children's writer, screenwriter, writer and journalist.
Gunnel Linde (14 October 1924 – 12 June 2014) was a Swedish writer who has written over forty children's books, among them Den vita stenen and I Am a Werewolf Cub.
In 1971, she was one of the founders of BRIS ("Barnens rätt i samhället", in English Children's Rights in Society).
She has received the Swedish Nils Holgersson Plaque in 1965 (for the book Den vita stenen) and the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 1978.
Works Skräcknatten i Fasenbo (1985)
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Who was Gunnel Linde?
Swedish writer (1924–2014)
When was Gunnel Linde born?
Gunnel Linde was born on 14 October 1924 in Stockholm.
When did Gunnel Linde die?
Gunnel Linde died on 12 June 2014 in Täby.
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Gunnel Linde was a children's writer, screenwriter, writer and journalist.
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Gunnel Linde was Swedish.
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