Maria Gripe." The biographer continued: "She has done a lot for the children's book world, and she got her readers to think about philosophy, about the world and about death." Toijer-Nilsson pointed out that Gripe's books also have "a significant tendency to support the social advancement of women." Her books have won many awards, and she was the 1979 Swedish winner of the Dobloug Prize for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. In 1985 she was awarded the Nordic Children's Book Prize. Gripe's publisher Bonnier Carlsen established the Maria Gripe Prize in 2005, which is a literary prize awarded annually. See also References Further reading External links Harald Gripe at LC Authorities and at WorldCat 1923 births 2007 deaths Swedish children's writers Swedish women children's writers Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing winners Dobloug Prize winners Litteris et Artibus recipients Stockholm University alumni People from Vaxholm Municipality Writers from Uppland Women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century Swedish women writers 20th-century Swedish writers