Eva Lindström – laureate 2022 1
Eva Lindström, Picture book artist everyday event
s around which a child’s life revolves. Her unusual narrative worlds, through which odd characters wander, possess enormous originality. Shrewd humour exists side by side with absurd mystery. The border that separate children from adults are often vanishingly thin; the same applies to the border between people and animals. Eva Lindström’s immensely varied stories are capable of many interpretations and reward slow and thoughtful reading. Her uncompromising, boundary-crossing style has qualities that enable her to reach far beyond the intended target group for picture books. 9