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Astrid Lindgren
1907 - 2002
Birth place
Vimmerby, Sweden
Death place
Stockholm, Sweden
Astrid Lindgren's irreverent attitude towards adult authority is displayed in her much loved tale Pippi Longstocking. A minor planet, 3204 Lindgren, discovered in 1978 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, was named after her, and instruments on Swedish microsatellite Astrid 1 are named after characters in her books: PIPPI (Prelude in Planetary Particle Imaging). Astrid said maybe people should call her 'Asteroid Lindgren'.
Buried by stargirl on January 28, 2011
