Elsa Beskow

Writer

Date of birth : 02/10/1874

Date of death : 06/30/1953

City of birth : Stockholm, Sweden

Elsa Beskow was a popular Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Beskow grew up in Stockholm where she studied art. She is most known for Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender that has become a classic and are continually reprinted. The Elsa Beskow Award was created in 1958 to recognize the year's best Swedish picture book illustrator.