Kristin Roskifte

Kristin Roskifte (born 30 April 1975) is a Norwegian illustrator and author of picture books.[1] She was awarded the Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize in 2019 for the picture book Alle sammen teller ("Everybody counts").[2] The jury praised the pictures in the book, and described the text as "poetic and humoristic".[3][4] As of October 2019, Alle sammen teller had been translated into 27 languages.[5]

Kristin Roskifte
Born (1975-04-30) 30 April 1975
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationIllustrator and children's writer
AwardsNordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize (2019)

Roskifte co-founded the picture book publishing house Magikon in 2007.[6]

Selected works
  • Alt vi ikke vet. 2003. (picture book)
  • 28 rom og kjøkken. 2004. (picture book)
  • Still deg i kø. 2005. (picture book)
  • Jorda rundt på 29 bokstaver. 2007. (essays)
  • Mirandas skattkammer. 2008. (picture book, with Jan Kjærstad)
  • 29 liv – Alf og Beate med familie og venner. 2009. (picture book)
  • Leilighetsdikt. 2011. (poetry)
  • Dyrenes skjønnhet. 2012. (picture book)
  • Barnet mitt. 2015. (co-writer, with Hilde Hagerup)
  • Alle sammen teller. 2018. (picture book)

References
  1. "Kristin Roskifte". forfatterkatalogen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. Arneberg, Sofie. "Nordisk råds barne- og ungdomslitteraturpris". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. "Kristin Roskifte fik Nordisk Råds børne- og ungdomslitteraturpris 2019". norden.org (in Danish). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. "Kristin Roskifte: Alle sammen teller. Billedbog, Magikon, 2018". norden.org (in Danish). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. Tunheim, Helga; Carlsen, Marianne Rustad (29 October 2019). "Kristin Roskifte har skrevet Nordens beste barnebok". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  6. Kalleklev, Katrine. "Magikon Forlag". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 October 2019.


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