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Stina Wirsén Hedengren (born 1968) [1] is a Swedish author and illustrator.
Stina Wirsén was born in 1968 in Älvsjö, Stockholm, Sweden [1] to Carin and Christian Wirsén. [1] She started making art in early childhood. [2]
She attended at Konstfack in Stockholm from 1985 to 1992.
Wirsén was the in-house illustrator at Dagens Nyheter between 1990 and 2010. She was the head of the paper’s illustration department for several years. After 2010 she began working as a freelance illustrator and author. She has received several awards for her illustrations. Wirsén's illustrations often switch between different genres. That also applies to her children's books. She writes children's ABC-books, as well as anthologies, text, and picture books. She is a member of the Swedish Children's Book Academy. [1]
The book Little Pink and the Motley Crew ( Swedish: En liten skär och alla bråkiga brokiga) (2014) was controversial for Wirsén's illustrated depictions of the Black girl character named Lilla Hjärtat ( English: Little Heart), who has resemblance to an American derogatory caricature of a " pickaninny" or " golliwog" and who was supposed to have acted "uncontrollable". [1] [3] The backlash of claims of racism started on social media, and was later picked up by the Swedish news. [3] [4] Wirsén announced in the news in November 2012, she would discontinue the Lilla Hjärtat character. [4]
Wirsén is married to Swedish graphic designer and art director Pompe Hedengren. [1] They have three children. [1]
(author Carin Wirsén)
The "Vem?" books were made into an animated series in 2010 and are regularly broadcast on Sveriges Television.
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Stina Wirsén Hedengren (born 1968) [1] is a Swedish author and illustrator.
Stina Wirsén was born in 1968 in Älvsjö, Stockholm, Sweden [1] to Carin and Christian Wirsén. [1] She started making art in early childhood. [2]
She attended at Konstfack in Stockholm from 1985 to 1992.
Wirsén was the in-house illustrator at Dagens Nyheter between 1990 and 2010. She was the head of the paper’s illustration department for several years. After 2010 she began working as a freelance illustrator and author. She has received several awards for her illustrations. Wirsén's illustrations often switch between different genres. That also applies to her children's books. She writes children's ABC-books, as well as anthologies, text, and picture books. She is a member of the Swedish Children's Book Academy. [1]
The book Little Pink and the Motley Crew ( Swedish: En liten skär och alla bråkiga brokiga) (2014) was controversial for Wirsén's illustrated depictions of the Black girl character named Lilla Hjärtat ( English: Little Heart), who has resemblance to an American derogatory caricature of a " pickaninny" or " golliwog" and who was supposed to have acted "uncontrollable". [1] [3] The backlash of claims of racism started on social media, and was later picked up by the Swedish news. [3] [4] Wirsén announced in the news in November 2012, she would discontinue the Lilla Hjärtat character. [4]
Wirsén is married to Swedish graphic designer and art director Pompe Hedengren. [1] They have three children. [1]
(author Carin Wirsén)
The "Vem?" books were made into an animated series in 2010 and are regularly broadcast on Sveriges Television.