Mats Wahl
Mats Wahl ( born May 10, 1945 in Malmö) is a Swedish writer.
Life
He spent his childhood on Gotland and in Stockholm, where he lives today. At the University of Stockholm, he studied pedagogy, literature, history and social anthropology. In 1965 he began a teacher training internship. The experiences that he thereby made in dealing with problem children, were reflected in some educational books and articles. In the 1980s he began to write novels for adults and for children and young people. In addition to historical novels and youth novels in his œuvre also non-fiction, screenplays and stage plays; Only in Sweden, he published 42 books and five plays.
Work and awards
In the English-speaking world, he has become with his children's books to one of the most famous Scandinavian youth book authors. Within his youth books, there are structural parallels: So in almost every story, a story line to the father of the main character is formed. In Soap the father of the main character insurance fraud, the father of the main character John - John is celebrating winter bay leaves him and his mother.
With Kill the already third crime appeared around Commissioner Harald Fors, for he was already in June 2005 Awards " The Best 7 Books for Young Readers " ( Germany Radio / Focus) and in January 2006 the "Silver Lufti " ( Lufti - YA jury ) obtained. The Roman 's Revenge, which was released in 2007, is the fourth thriller to Harald Fors. In German Vengeance is published in hardback and paperback. For his early books he has received numerous literary awards. He was awarded among others with the Nils Holgersson - Plaque (1989 ), the International Janusz Korczak Literary Award 1994 and 1996 for the Roman winter bay with the German Youth Literature Award and in 1993 with the August price. He also received the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize for Children's and young people's books for The Invisible Man 2002 and has twice been a prize winner at jubu Book of the Month (06 /2004 and 01 /2005)
Works
Harald Fors - thrillers
- 2000: The Invisible Man
- 2004: Cold silence
- 2005: Kill
- 2007: Revenge of the Fallen