What is Astrid Lindgren?
{{infobox writer | name = Astrid Lindgren | image = Astrid Lindgren (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption =Lindgren in 1960 | pseudonym = | birth_name = Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|11|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Vimmerby]], [[Sweden]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|1|28|1907|11|14|df=y}} | death_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] | resting_place = | occupation = Writer | language = [[Swedish language|Swedish]] | nationality = [[Sweden|Swedish]] | period = 1944–1993 | genre = [[children's literature|Children's fiction]], [[picture books]], [[screenplay]]s | subject = | notableworks = | awards = {{awd |[[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] for Writing |1958}} {{awd |[[Right Livelihood Award]] |1994}} |signature=Astrid Lindgren signature.svg}} '''Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren''' (born '''Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson'''; [[November 14]], [[1907]] – [[January 28]], [[2002]]) was a famous [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[writer]]. She wrote many [[book]]s for children. She had a son named Lars and a daughter named Karin. == Biography == [[Image:Astrid Lindgren 1924.jpg|thumb|250px|Astrid Lindgren in 1924]] Astrid Lindgren grew up in Näs, near [[Vimmerby]], [[Småland]], and many of her books are based on her family and childhood memories. However, [[Pippi Longstocking]], her most famous character, was invented for her daughter Karin, who was, at the time, ill and had to stay in the bed. Lindgren was the daughter of Samuel August Ericsson and Hanna Johnsson. She had two sisters. Her brother, Gunnar Ericsson, was a member of the [[Swedish parliament]]. She finished the school and took a job with the a local newspaper in [[Vimmerby]]. When she became pregnant with the chief editor's child in 1926, he proposed marriage. She did not accept, and moved to [[Stockholm]], learning to become a typist and stenographer. There she gave birth to her son Lars in [[Copenhagen]] and left him with another family to care fo