Mio, My Son

Mio, my Mio is a children's book by Astrid Lindgren.

The original edition of Mio, my Mio appeared in 1954 in Sweden under the title Mio, min million It was illustrated by Ilon Wikland and later translated into German by Karl Kurt Peters.

Mio, my Mio is told in a fairytale style and is considered a small literary work of art. A special penetrating effect achieved Lindgren on a linguistic level in that they often always uses recurrent formulations. Thus saith million more of " my father, the king ," and this in turn always from "Mio, my Mio"; and the children on the trip across the country have repeatedly Outside " afraid, very, very afraid ."

Action

Bo William Olsson aka bosses is a nine- year-old Stockholm orphan boy who is mistreated by his foster parents. He longs for a father, as his friend Benka has one that could build model airplanes with him. Bosses mother died at his birth, and of his natural father nobody knows anything. One day, his foster mother sends him to go shopping. As he passes the fruit store, bosses will receive from the seller an apple and a postcard that he should throw in the mailbox at the end of the road. Is on the map: "He 's on his way, he whom you have sought for so long. He travels by day and night, and holding in his hand the sign, the golden apple. "

Bosse finds the text strange, but when he sees the apple, this is made of gold. He sits down on a park bench and discovers a bottle in which stirs something. When he removed the stopper, a spirit comes to the fore. This comes from the land afar. He asks the boy what he would like as a reward for the liberation from the bottle. Bosses called only one answer: "Take me with you! Oh, take me with you in the land the distance. ., There is someone who is waiting for me "The Spirit doubts only, but when he sees the golden apple, he exclaims: " You're the one I should get "Together they set off to the land of the distance..

They fly to the stars over until bosses discovered far down a green island: the " country home". Down at the beach is his father, the king of the land. Together with his friend Jum Jum -, a personification of his friend Benka bosses freed as Prince million the Father's kingdom from the ruler of the "Land Beyond ", the evil knight Kato with the stony hearts of many children from the heavenly "land afar " had kidnapped. It succeeds million and Jum Jum - to redeem the people and the country of Knight Kato.

Background

Astrid Lindgren was in relation to Mio, my Mio heavily inspired by the history of Prince Florestan or the story of the Giant Bam Bam and the fairy Viribunda. In the book about her parents, Samuel August från och Hanna Sevedstorp i Hult says Lindgren, how they got told the girl Edit from the neighborhood history. Elsewhere, she wrote down: " This edit - they be praised now and forever - read to me the story of the Giant Bam Bam and the fairy Viribunda, continuing my child's soul in vibrations which are still not subsided properly. In a long- vanished small working kitchen it was as if a miracle happened, and since that day there were in the world no other kitchen more " The similarities between the two stories are numerous -. Paternal love, the castle gardens, the boy on the Wall, the whistle and the singing of the bird in the garden were reflected almost 50 years later, in millions, my Mio resist.

Prince Florestan was written by Anna Maria Roos and 1908, first published in the Christmas Silvervit newspaper. The story is about the country Pamfylien and the King Basil, his son, Prince Florestan, adores. The prince must not leave the castle garden, because the king is afraid that he is ill then played by the common Giant Bam Bam. Florestan friends with the boy Toto, who lives on the other side of the fence, and learn from this beautiful tunes on the whistle to play. The king's fear was justified, one day the prince is kidnapped by a large vulture from the garden and brought to the Giant Bam Bam, in which he has to work as his slave. Thanks to its game art to the tune of the Prince can enchant the giant and later freed by his friend Toto and the fairy Viribunda.

In her anthology " My Inventions" ( Mina påhitt ) reported Astrid Lindgren, how they got the final idea for the book when she passed while walking " at a boy, who was sitting a little anxiously at a bank. It was a dark autumn evening, and he looked so lonely and sad. I determined that he lives ( bosses ) in the house Upplandsgatan 13B that was because I saw disappear in this entry the boy. After that I never saw him again. Is not that slightly strange? "

The first chapter of Mio, my Mio Astrid Lindgren published in 1950 in the newspaper Idun before they released in 1954, the entire story. At this time it was already known internationally as a successful author.

Awards and reviews

As Mio, my Mio was published, Astrid Lindgren was equated with the greatest inventors of the fairytale literature. The reviewer of Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Daniel Hjort Lindgren, comparing them under the heading " A masterpiece " with Zacharias Topelius and continued: " The verses are slightly archaic, with almost evangelical tone, the scenery is stylized fresh daily and everything blends in millions, my Mio together so that it becomes a masterpiece, not only for children's literature, but for the poetry ever produced ".

The American Chicago Tribune described the book as "a poetic tale that is insightful and true," and continued: " an outstanding contribution to the fairy tale genre ."

This Astrid Lindgren work in 1956 awarded the German Youth Literature Prize.

Play

The stage version in German by Anna- Liese Kornitzky was premiered in 1979 by children's theater, Hamburg.

Filming

In 1987, the film adaptation of the book was created as a Swedish-Norwegian- Soviet co-production. Directed by Vladimir Grammatikov. In the adult leading roles were seen: Timothy Bottoms, Susannah York and Christopher Lee. Mio played Nicholas Pickard, his best friend Jum Jum - Christian Bale.