Jutta Bauer
Jutta Bauer(born 9 January 1955) is a German writer and illustrator of children's books. For her "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator she received theHans Christian Andersen Medalin 2010.[1][2]
Life
[edit]Born inVolksdorf,Hamburg,she studied at theTechnical College of Designin Hamburg from 1975 to 1981[3]Afterward she worked as a children's book illustrator and as cartoonist for the women's magazineBrigitte.
She won theDeutscher Jugendliteraturpreis(German Youth Literature Award) in 2001 for thepicture bookSchreimutter,which she wrote and illustrated. She was a runner-up in 2002 forOpas Engeland she received a Special prize for Illustration in 2009.
The biennialHans Christian Andersen Awardconferred by theInternational Board on Books for Young Peopleis the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Bauer received the illustration award in 2010.[1][2]
She currently resides in Hamburg.[3]
Selected works
[edit]- Ein Engel trägt meinen Hinkelstein
- Schreimutter— 2001Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis,Picture books
- Opas Engel;transl.Grandpa's Angel(Walker Books)
- Die Königin der Farben
- Abends, wenn ich schlafen geh
- Ich sitze hier im Abendlicht
- 2006 –Selma,52pp.,ISBN0 9582720-8-5[4]
- 2018 –Selma New Edition,42pp.,ISBN978-1-776572-12-0[5]
References
[edit]- ^ab "Hans Christian Andersen Awards"(top page). International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ab "2010".Hans Christian Andersen Awards.IBBY. With presentation speech by jury presidentZohreh Ghaeni(11 September 2010), acceptance speech by Bauer, and other contemporary material Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ^ab "Jutta Bauer".Kinder und Jugendbuchportal.Goethe Institut(goethe.de). Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^Jutta, Bauer."Selma".Gecko Press.Retrieved12 June2018.
- ^Jutta, Bauer."Selma".Gecko Press.Retrieved12 June2018.
External links
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- "Jutta Bauer".Archived fromthe originalon November 22, 2011.RetrievedNovember 4,2008.atWalker Books
- Jutta BaueratLibrary of Congress,with 8 library catalog records
- Short biographyfrom theBerlin International Literature Festival
- 1955 births
- Living people
- German children's book illustrators
- German children's writers
- German women novelists
- Writers from Hamburg
- Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration winners
- German women illustrators
- German women children's writers
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 20th-century German women writers
- 20th-century German writers
- 21st-century German women writers