Children's literature

Dick Bruna's Nijntje in Swedish translation

Childrens' Literature

There are two translation waves of Dick Bruna’s "Nijntje" series into: a first one in the 1960’s and a second one from the 1990’s onwards.

"Jip en Janneke" in Polish - twice

Childrens' Literature

"Jip en Janneke" by Annie M.G.Schmidt was translated into Polish twice between 2004 and 2018.

Polish reception of Het boek van alle dingen by Guus Kuijer

Childrens' Literature

Many "difficult topics" in children's and youth books are still considered problematic in Poland.

Daniel Löcker

Childrens' Literature

The most active translator for Dutch literature of the Picus-Verlag was Daniel Löcker. In a few years he developed to the most important translator of…

Polish Publishing House Dwie Siostry

Publishers

The books published by Dwie Siostry are often classics of world literature, but they also offer more alternative titles. Many of them are translations…

King & King in Poland

Childrens' Literature

The Dutch book “Koning & Koning” by Linda de Haan & Stern Nijland (2000) has been translated into Polish by Sławomir Paszkiet and published as “Król i…

The Dutch Astrid Lindgren?

Childrens' Literature

In the Dutch language area Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911-1995) is commonly known as one of the great innovators of children’s literature of post-war times…

Bart Moeyaert in Sweden

Childrens' Literature

In April 2019, Bart Moeyaert was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). This made him the second Belgian author or illustrator to receive…