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Astrid Lindgren's anti-authoritarian children's hero turns 18
Pippi Langstrumpf, the naughty girl from Sweden, celebrates her birthday. With humor and rebellion the children's book hero shakes at conventions and remains relevant for 80 years.She is nine years old and lives without parents - but with the horse "Little uncle" and the monkey "Mr. Nilsson" - in a colorfully painted house. Her shoes are far too big for her, she lies that the beams bend, and if it has to be, she also fights once. She lives on a …
Pippi Langstrumpf is living up to what we hardly dare: to break social boundaries and be unreasonable. Why our fearful society has to grow into the big shoes that Astrid Lindgren presented to us.
For decades, Pippi has been enthusiastic about long stocking readers all over the world. Astrid Lindgren's message that power and strength go hand in hand with empathy and kindness is still current.
"Pippi Longstocking" was the first major success of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. (Archive photo) Jörg Schmitt/dpa Eighty years ago, a children's book about a nine-year-old girl who lives without parents, doesn't go to school, and sometimes gets into fights was published in Sweden. "Pippi Longstocking" was an immediate and huge success—and simultaneously sparked fierce controversy. Critics warned of a "collapse of public morality." The book wa…
Her cheeky charm has fascinated readers for 80 years. The values of Pippi Langstrumpf, the best-known figure of the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, are particularly topical today.
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