Ulf Gottfrid Stark (12 July 1944 – 13 June 2017) was a Swedish author and screenwriter (he adapted several of his own books for film and wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen).

Stark has collaborated with the illustrators Anna Höglund and Mati Lepp.

From 1989 to 1998 he was an elected member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books.

In 1998 he received the Nordic Children's Book Prize.

Stark died 13 June 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Career

Stark was born and grew up in Stureby, Stockholm Municipality, which place features in several of his books. Stark's interest in writing started early; during his time at secondary school he was introduced to writing by his classmate Peter Curman, and in 1964 he wrote his first poetry Ett hål till livet. Following this, Stark's interest in writing for a career was greatly encouraged.

Stark died on 13 June 2017 at the age of 72 after suffering from cancer.

Selected bibliography

• 1966 - Sophämtarna
• 1967 - Skärgårdsliv
• 1975 - Petter och den röda fågeln (Stark's 1st children's book)
• 1976 - Petter och de upproriska grisarna
• 1978 - Patrik
• 1984 - Dårfinkar & dönickar
• 1985 - Maria Bleknos
• 1986 - Låt isbjörnarna dansa
• 1987 - Jaguaren (won the Nils Holgersson Plaque)
• 1987 - Sixten
• 1989 - Karlavagnen
• 1991 - Min vän Percys magiska gymnastikskor
• 1992 - Can You Whistle, Johanna? (won the 1994 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis)
• 1995 - Min vän shejken i Stureby
• 1996 - Min syster är en ängel (won the 1996 August Prize)
• 1997 - Ängeln och den blåa hästen
• 1997 - Inget trams
• 1998 - När pappa visade mej världsalltet
• 1998 - Lilla Asmodeus
• 2000 - Ensam med min bror
• 2000 - Den svarta fiolen
• 2001 - Mitt liv som Ulf
• 2001 - Vi läser storbildsblock
• 2001 - Hönsfjäderskorna
• 2002 - När mamma var indian
• 2002 - Göran och draken
• 2003 - Fullt med flugor i klassen
• 2003 - När jag besökte himlen
• 2004 - Kvällen när pappa lekte
• 2004 - Min vän Percy, Buffalo Bill och jag
• 2005 - Märklin och Turbin
• 2008 - En stjärna vid namn Ajax