The Hair Book/Hårboken

Hair can grow almost anywhere … Pernilla Stalfelt was awarded the 1997 Elsa Beskow Plaque for The Hair Book with the justification: “Concretely, drastically and consistently, Pernilla Stalfelt tackles the problem of hair. The facts are presented matter-of-factly, the imagination takes over and with the help of humour she brings out unexpected aspects of the subject. In text and image, she rabbles wildly with the overly educational and creates a hair-raisingly funny work of art.”