Against authority and morals: Pippi Calzaslargas claims younger than ever on his 80th birthday

While Astrid Lindgren was taking a walk in the park, someone approached her. The writer didn’t even notice it. She only knew it when she noticed something in her pocket. It was a little piece of paper. She said, “Thank you for making a difficult childhood easier.”

Pippi Longstocking is a character from the 80th anniversary of her first published stories, and she has been given a special place at the Bologna International Book Fair for Children and Young People. Fast, independent, rebellious, shameless, unruly, a little wild, highly creative, brave and cheerful, the little girl is extremely relevant today, as demonstrated by the roundtable discussion “Be more Pippi”.