Kirkegaard grew up in Skanderborg just south of Aarhus, and many of his stories were inspired by his own childhood experiences there. He also illustrated his own books. On a cold winter night in 1979, after having had too much to drink, he fell in the snow on his way home and could not get up again. He froze to death on the spot, at just 38 years of age. A street in Skanderborg is named after him (Ole Lund Kirkegaards Stræde).
lund, kirkegaard, july, 1940, aarhus, march, 1979, danish, writer, children, youth, literature, well, teacher, mainly, wrote, about, interactions, between, adults, children, main, character, books, usually, anti, hero, 1969, awarded, with, danish, ministry, cu. Ole Lund Kirkegaard 29 July 1940 in Aarhus 24 March 1979 was a Danish writer of children s and youth literature as well as a teacher He mainly wrote about the interactions between adults and children The main character in his books is usually an anti hero In 1969 he was awarded with the Danish Ministry of Culture s children book prize Kulturministeriets Bornebogspris 1 Kirkegaard grew up in Skanderborg just south of Aarhus and many of his stories were inspired by his own childhood experiences there He also illustrated his own books On a cold winter night in 1979 after having had too much to drink he fell in the snow on his way home and could not get up again He froze to death on the spot at just 38 years of age A street in Skanderborg is named after him Ole Lund Kirkegaards Straede Contents 1 Bibliography 2 Films 3 Sources and further reading 4 ReferencesBibliography editIn Danish Lille Virgil lit Little Virgil 1967 Albert 1968 Orla Frosnapper lit Orla Frogsnapper 1969 Hodja fra Pjort lit Hodja from Pjort 1970 Otto er et naesehorn lit Otto is a rhinoceros 1972 Gummi Tarzan lit Rubber Tarzan 1975 En flodhest i huset lit A hippopotamus in the house 1978 Frode og alle de andre rodder lit Frode and all the other rascals 1979 Per og bette Mads lit Per and wee Mads 1981 Mig og Bedstefar og sa Nisse Pok lit Me and Grandpa and Pok the Pixi too 1982 Tippe Tophat og andre fortaellinger lit Tippe Tophat and other stories 1982 Anton og Arnold flytter til byen lit Anton and Arnold move to the city 1988 Anton og Arnold i det vilde vesten lit Anton and Arnold in the wild west 1988 Fraekke Friderik lit Naughty Friderik 2008Only a few of his works have been translated into English This includes Otto is a Rhino Story and Drawings Addison Wesley Pub Co 1976Films editThe stories of Ole Lund Kirkegaard have inspired several Danish films including a TV series in 1977 2 Sources and further reading edit Ole Lund Kirkegaard Dutch website Archived from the original on 10 February 2012 Retrieved 2 October 2007 Kirkegaard Ole Lund Grote Winkler Prins 9 ed 1991 References edit Kunststyrelsen dk Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine List of recipients of the Kulturministeriets Bornebogspris Ole Lund Kirkegaard IMDb nbsp Children s literature portal nbsp nbsp This article about a Danish writer or poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ole Lund Kirkegaard amp oldid 1182771318, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
