What is Birgitta Stenberg?
[[File:Birgitta Stenberg 01.JPG|thumbnail|Birgitta Stenberg]] '''Birgitta Stenberg''' (26 April 1932 &ndash; 23 August 2014) was a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] author, translator and illustrator. She was the 2005 winner of the [[Selma Lagerlöf Prize]]. Stenberg was born in [[Stockholm]] in 1932. She was educated in [[Visby]] and finally in [[Paris]].<ref>[http://www.norstedts.se/forfattare/Alfabetiskt/S/Birgitta-Stenberg/ Birgitta Stenberg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407095155/http://www.norstedts.se/Forfattare/Alfabetiskt/S/Birgitta-Stenberg/ |date=2014-04-07 }}, norstedts.se, retrieved 3 April 2014</ref> She became a Swedish author, translator and illustrator. She lived in [[Åstol]] in Sweden. She has won the Swedish [[Selma Lagerlöf Prize]] for literature in 2005. Stenberg died from [[Hepatocellular carcinoma|hepatic cancer]] (type of [[liver cancer]]) on 23 August 2014 in [[Tiveden]], Sweden, aged 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/birgitta-stenberg-ar-dod/|title=Birgitta Stenberg ar dod|publisher=dn.se|author=[[Dagens Nyheter]]|access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.birgittastenberg.se/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821003754/http://www.birgittastenberg.se/ |date=2013-08-21 }} *{{imdb name|0826496|Birgitta Stenberg}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stenberg, Birgitta}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Sweden]] [[Category:Deaths from liver cancer]] [[Category:Writers from Stockholm]] {{bio-stub}}