My s vami obeschali nikomu ne pokazyvat nashi pisma! A teper oni vyjdut otdelnoj knigoj. Strashno podumat, na chto reshilas Sara, 13 let. Teper kto ugodno smozhet prochest to, chto ranshe bylo tolko mezhdu nami. Khotela by ja znat, kak by k etomu otneslis vy. U vas uzhe net vozmozhnosti ni chto-to vycherknut, ni otredaktirovat. Kak govorili u nas v biblejskoj shkole v vytaschim vse na svet! Eta potrjasajuschaja perepiska zavjazalas v 1971 godu, kogda Astrid Lindgren bylo 63 goda, a Sare Jungkrants - 12 let. No raznitsa v 50 let sovsem ne meshala ikh druzhbe i otkrovennomu razgovoru o zhizni, ljubvi, svobode i Boge. Epistoljarnyj dialog, zamiraja i vozobnovljajas, prekratilsja lish so smertju pisatelnitsy v 2002 godu. V etikh pismakh my uznajom velikuju pisatelnitsu s neizvestnoj storony, a takzhe ponimaem, kak vazhno podrostku byt ponjatym i uslyshannym.
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, née Ericsson, (1907 - 2002) was a Swedish children's book author and screenwriter, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 countries. She has sold roughly 165 million copies worldwide. Today, she is most remembered for writing the Pippi Longstocking books, as well as the Karlsson-on-the-Roof book series.
Awards: Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing (1958)