![]() ![]() 14, 1907, the daughter of a farmer in Smaaland, a hilly wooded province in southern Sweden. Lindgren was born Astrid Ericsson on Nov. That is the theme in some of her most beloved classic novels, like the 1954 "Mio, My Son," in which a fatherless and lonely boy fights evil in the mysterious Land Far Away, and the 1973 "The Brothers Lionheart," in which young Rusky proves himself just as courageous as his elder bother. She taught her readers, child or adult, that you can be brave even if you're scared. ![]() She wrote about evil, death and fear in a straightforward but tender way. Though Lindgren excelled in playful storytelling, she didn't avoid difficult matters. "I write to amuse the child within me and can only hope that other children may have some fun that way too," Lindgren once wrote. ![]()
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