Kim Fupz Aakeson, born in Copenhagen in 1958, works as an illustrator and author for a wide variety of genres. After graduating from high school in 1977, he traveled through Pakistan and Afghanistan with Tvinds Rejsende H\u00f8jskole, a school that seeks to provide life experiences in developing countries. Once back in Copenhagen, he earned a living through various creative jobs: he played music, worked for a local radio station, and worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for Danish newspapers such as \u00bbUgeavisen K\u00f8benhavn\u00ab and \u00bbPolitisk Revy\u00ab. In 1982, he published his first independent work: the comic strip \u00bbG\u00e5 l\u00f8s p\u00e5 livet\u00ab (tr: Get Loose with Life). Two years later, he released his first children’s book, \u00bbHvem vover at v\u00e6kke guderne?\u00ab (1984; tr: Who Dares to Wake the Gods?). The book tells the story of a community whose initial desire for a wall around their village seems to have been misplaced. Since then, Aakeson has published a number of other books in collaboration with internationally well-known Danish and Swedish illustrators who are known for their honesty and humor when it comes to addressing the big issues for children and young adults. He has earned much acclaim for his children’s book series about young Vitello and his adventures (e.g. \u00bbVitello vil have en far\u00ab 2008; Eng. \u00bbVitello Wants a Dad\u00ab, 2013). Notable Germanlanguage translations include \u00bbUlla und Alles\u00ab (2000), which was nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize, \u00bbRadieschen von unten\u00ab (2011), in which a dead color is brought back to life as an undertaker, \u00bbDas L\u00f6wenm\u00e4dchen\u00ab (2014), a story about childhood friendships, and most recently \u00bbHugo und Hassan\u00ab (2020), about two inseparable boys who don’t hold back with each other or anyone else. In 1996, Aakeson completed an apprenticeship as a screenwriter at Danske Filmskole in Copenhagen and has since written numerous scripts for feature films, short films, radio shows, and plays. His greatest successes include the screenplays for the Danish films \u00bbDen eneste ene\u00ab (1999), \u00bbOkay\u00ab (2002), \u00bbPrague\u00ab (2006), and most recently \u00bbAstrid\u00ab, a Danish-Swedish film about Astrid Lindgren’s early years. The world premiere of the film was at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival in 2018. Aakeson\u2019s numerous scripts and hundreds of children\u2019s and young adult books make him one of the most productive and well-known writers in Denmark. He has received numerous awards for his literary and cinematic work, including the Bookstore Assistant Association children’s book award (1992), Gyldendal’s great children’s book award (2010), the Orla award (2014), and the children\u2019s book award from the Danish Ministry of Culture (1990\/2011). The author lives in \u00d8sterbro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14418,"template":"","jct-role":[1080],"jct-origin":[566],"jct-ilb-years":[614],"class_list":["post-40320","authors","type-authors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","jct-role-author","jct-origin-denmark","jct-ilb-years-2020-en"],"yoast_head":"\n