Bea Uusma

Bea Uusma
Bea Uusma
	Bea Uusma at the announcement of nominees for the August Prize in 2013.
Born	Mari Beatrice Uusma; 20 March 1966 (age 58); Lidingö, Sweden
Occupation	Author, Illustrator, Medical doctor
Nationality	Swedish
Notable works	The Expedition (2013)
Notable awards	The August Prize 2013
Spouse	Henrik Schyffert (1996–2012)

Mari Beatrice "Bea" Uusma, previously Uusma Schyffert (born 20 March 1966 in Lidingö, Sweden), is a Swedish author, illustrator and medical doctor.^[1]

Biography

Uusma was born and raised in Lidingö in Stockholm County. In 1999, she wrote and illustrated a children's book about the American astronaut Michael Collins titled The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins. In the mid-1990s she became interested in S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 and tried to find out what happened to the expedition members. This research resulted in the book The Expedition, published in English by Head of Zeus in 2014, and for which she was awarded The August Prize in 2013.

After working as an illustrator for several years, Uusma started studying medicine and is now working as a medical doctor in Stockholm. She says her medical knowledge was useful in her research for The Expedition.^[2]

Uusma was awarded the August Prize, a Swedish literary award, for non-fiction for The Expedition in 2013.^[3]

She was married to Swedish comedian Henrik Schyffert between 1996 and 2012. They have two children. Uusma is the sister of Swedish actress Martina Haag.

English bibliography

Uusma Schyffert, Bea (2003). The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0811840071.
Uusma, Bea; Broomé, Agnes (2014). The expedition: a love story : solving the mystery of a Polar tragedy. London: Head of Zeus. ISBN 978-1-78185-962-9. SELIBR 17063627.
Uusma, Bea (2014). The expedition: the forgotten story of a polar tragedy. Head of Zeus. SELIBR 17213401.

Awards

2002: Swedish Book Art Award^[1]
2002: International Book Art Competition award^[1]
2003: Best Books of 2003 School Library Journal^[1]
2004: CCCB Choices selection^[1]
2004: American Library Association Notable Books for Children designation^[1]
2004: American Library Association Batchelder Honor Book designation^[1]
2004: American Library Association Nonfiction Honor Book designation^[1]
2006: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice nominee^[1]
2013: August Prize^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2006. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
^ "Jag mår bäst när min hjärna går på högvarv" [I feel best when my brain is in high gear] (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^ "Årets Augustpristagare har tillkännagivits" [This year's August award winner has been announced] (in Swedish). The August Prize. Archived from the original on 2018-07-07.
^ "Bea Uusma får Augustpriset" [Bea Uusma receives the August prize] (in Swedish). Norstedts. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

External links

Media related to Bea Uusma at Wikimedia Commons

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2006. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

[2] "Jag mår bäst när min hjärna går på högvarv" [I feel best when my brain is in high gear] (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

[3] "Årets Augustpristagare har tillkännagivits" [This year's August award winner has been announced] (in Swedish). The August Prize. Archived from the original on 2018-07-07.

[4] "Bea Uusma får Augustpriset" [Bea Uusma receives the August prize] (in Swedish). Norstedts. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

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1990s	1992: Gyllene äpplen – Gunnar Broberg et al. 1993: Ofredsår – Peter Englund 1994: Musiken i Sverige I–IV – Leif Jonsson et al. 1995: Tusen år i trädgården. Från sörmländska herrgårdar och bakgårdar – Maria Flinck 1996: Spåren av kungens män – Maja Hagerman 1997: I skuggan av framtiden – Sven-Eric Liedman 1998: Svenska vägar till S:t Petersburg – Bengt Jangfeldt 1999: Engelska – öspråk, världsspråk, trendspråk – Jan Svartvik
2000s	2000: Stora döden – Dick Harrison 2001: Minnets stigar – Hans Hammarskjöld, Anita Theorell & Per Wästberg 2002: Gustav Vasa – landsfader eller tyrann? – Lars-Olof Larsson 2003: Idéer om livet – Nils Uddenberg 2004: Europas idéhistoria 1492–1918: Världens ordning och Mörkret i människan – Sverker Sörlin 2005: Ninas resa – Lena Einhorn 2006: Qin – Cecilia Lindqvist 2007: Med livet som insats – Bengt Jangfeldt 2008: Regi Bergman – Paul Duncan & Bengt Wanselius 2009: Att överleva dagen – Brutus Östling & Susanne Åkesson
2010s	2010: Den röda grevinnan – Yvonne Hirdman 2011: Och i Wienerwald står träden kvar – Elisabeth Åsbrink 2012: Det står ett rum här och väntar på dig – Berättelsen om Raoul Wallenberg – Ingrid Carlberg 2013: The Expedition: The Forgotten Story of a Polar Tragedy – Bea Uusma 2014: Naturlära – Lars Lerin 2015: Min europeiska familj. De senaste 54 000 åren – Karin Bojs

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Bea Uusma
Bea Uusma at the announcement of nominees for the August Prize in 2013.
Born	Mari Beatrice Uusma (1966-03-20) 20 March 1966 (age 58) Lidingö, Sweden
Occupation	Author, Illustrator, Medical doctor
Nationality	Swedish
Notable works	The Expedition (2013)
Notable awards	The August Prize 2013
Spouse	Henrik Schyffert (1996–2012)