Kjell Ringi, Swedish painter/writer, 71, in March 2010

[Lenona]

"Also author of films based on The Magic Stick and The Winner and of
other films based on his books, and produced by Swedish
television.......author and illustrator of comic strip, 'The Mirrors,'
and the comic strip, 'Corks Crew.'.........Work represented in museums
and collections in the United States and Europe."

He lived in Gothenburg, Sweden.

http://www.kjellringi.com/
(his site - in English)

http://blog.giddygiddy.com/giddygiddy/2010/01/ringi.html
(a few of his illustrations)

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/FrameBase?content=/en/imagegallery/imagegallery.shtml?images=http://pictures.abebooks.com/HANDEEBK/3115426793.jpg
(cover for "The Man Who Had No Dream," 1969, by Adelaide Holl)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0531026051/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
(cover for Holl's "The Parade")

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjell_Ringi
(in Swedish)

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1440&bih=678&q=kjell+ringi&gbv=2&oq=kjell+ringi&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2816l2816l0l3216l1l1l0l0l0l0l141l141l0.1l1l0
(photos, illustrations)

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
Juvenile; all self-illustrated:

* The Magic Stick, Harper, 1968.
("A simple drawing of a boy boy picks up a similarly drawn stick and
imagines a world of intricate and fascinating situations, imagining
the stick to be many different things.")

* The Stranger (Junior Literary Guild selection), Random House,
1968.
("A giant stranger appears in the kingdom of little people.")

* The Winner, Harper, 1969.
("Wordless story about a face off with various opponents each one
larger and more fierce than the previous pair until the end when the
winner is a dinosaur who eats up them all and gallops away. ")

* The Sun and the Cloud, Harper, 1971.
("The sun and the cloud argue who is needed most by the seed.")

Illustrator:

* Adelaide Holl, The Man Who Had No Dream, Random House, 1969.
("Wealthy Mr. Oliver couldn't sleep because he never worked; and
because he never slept he had no dreams to sustain him.")

* Holl, My Father and I, F. Watts, 1972.
("A youngster visualizes his father in many colorful occupations.")

* Holl, The Parade, F. Watts, 1975.
("Nothing except the delicate beauty of a flower can stop the parade
that marches over everything in its path.")

Television films:

* "Pappa och Jag" (based on Ringi's and Holl's book, My Father and
I), produced in Sweden, 1971.
* "Paraden" (based on Ringi's and Holl's book, Parade), produced
in Sweden, 1971.
* "Parts of Ringi" (about his art), produced in Sweden, 1978.


Ringi said: "The picture book has one big advantage [when] compared to
the painting, it can be seen by many more people.......

"I think children's books can mean a lot in a person's life. [I
remember] the picture books I read as a child . . . better than books
I read two weeks ago. . . . I use, in my books and television films,
just a few or no words to get the children to see as many things as
possible in the pictures. If the parents who buy my books are also
amused while looking through them with their children, I think I have
succeeded. I am happy if I can give a human message through my books.
I don't want to do it with grand airs or mastering manners--just with
a discreet tap on the shoulder. As a matter of fact, I am a little
bashful with children and, therefore, I am glad and grateful to be
able to speak to them through my books."


Lenona.