Ellis Kaut
Elisabeth "Ellis" Kaut(17 November 1920 – 24 September 2015) was aGermanauthorofchildren's literature.She was best known for her creation ofPumuckl,animpappearing inradio playsandTV series.She alsopublishednovellasand someillustrated books.
Life
[change|change source]Kaut was born inStuttgart,Germany.Her parents moved the family toMunichwhen she was two years old. In 1938, aged 18, Kaut waselectedthe first officialMünchner Kindlfor that year. In 1939 she married authorKurt Preis.She continuing to live in Munich.[1]They had a daughter, Ursula, born in March 1945.[1]Kaut receivedactor'straining,then studiedsculpting.From 1948 she was afreelanceauthor. She also had some speaking parts in radio plays in the 1950s and 1960s. She supervised children's programmes atBayerischer Rundfunk.She was also active as apainterandphotographer.In a 2010interview,Kaut said that writing was always hard work for her.[2]
Kaut's husband died in 1991. Her last place ofresidencewas in thedistrictofPasingin Munich.[3]On 24 September 2015, aged 94, she died in a nursing home nearFürstenfeldbruck.[4]She had been ill for a long time.[4]
Honors and awards
[change|change source]- 1938: First
- 1955: Bayerischer Hörspielpreis
- 1971: Schwabinger Kunstpreis
- 1980: Cross of Merit 1st Class of Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
- 1980: Medal, München leuchtet
- 1984: Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis
- 1985: Bayerischer Verdienstorden
- 1992: Bayerischer Poetentaler
- 1999: Oberbayerischer Kulturpreis
- 2001: Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum
- 2002: Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in silver
References
[change|change source]- ↑1.01.1Meinhard, Gabriele."Ellis Kaut"(in German). Archived fromthe originalon 31 December 2015.Retrieved25 September2015.
- ↑""Ja mei!" Ellis Kaut im Interview ".MAGDA – Magazin der Autoren(in German). 29 April 2010.Retrieved25 September2015.[permanent dead link]
- ↑Woitsch, Katrin (17 November 2010)."Pumuckl-Erfinderin wird heute 90".Münchner Merkur(in German).Retrieved25 September2015.
- ↑4.04.1"Pumuckl-Erfinderin Ellis Kaut ist tot".sueddeutsche.de(in German). 24 September 2015.Retrieved25 September2015.
Other websites
[change|change source]- Ellis Kaut's website(German)
- Works by and about Ellis Kautin theGerman National Librarycatalogue
- Ellis KautonIMDb
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