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Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
The (German Youth Literature Award) is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's and young adult literature. It is Germany's only state-funded literary award. In the past, authors from many countries have been recognised, including non-German speakers. Organisation The award is organized by the , also called AKJ or Association for Children's and Youth Literature, which receives financial support, including prize money, from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. Awards are given in five categories: Best Picture Book, Best Children's Book, Best Youth Book, Best Non-Fiction Book and Choice of the Youth Jury. Up to six nominations in each category are announced in March at the Leipzig Book Fair, and the awards are presented during the Frankfurt Book Fair by the Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Yout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ende
Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy ''The Neverending Story'' (with its 1980s film adaptation and a 1995 animated television adaptation); other well-known works include ''Momo'' and '' Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver''. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 35 million copies. Early life Ende was born 12 November 1929 in Garmisch, Bavaria, the only child of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende and Luise Bartholomä Ende, a physiotherapist. In 1935, when Michael was six, the Ende family moved to the "artists' quarter of Schwabing" in Munich (Haase). Growing up in this rich artistic and literary environment influenced Ende's later writing. In 1936, his father's work was declared "degenerate art" and banned by the Nazi Party, so Edgar Ende was forced to draw and paint in secret. Second World War The horrors of World War II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Crossan
Sarah Crossan is an Irish author. She is best known for her books for young adults, including ''Apple and Rain'' and ''One'', for which she has won several awards. Biography Crossan graduated from Warwick University in 1999 with a degree in Philosophy and Literature and later obtained a master's degree in Creative Writing. She received an Edward Albee Fellowship for writing in 2010.Sarah CrossanSarah Crossan accessdate: 14 June 2016 Crossan trained as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge. In May 2018, she was appointed Laureate na nÓg, or Irish Children's laureate by President Michael D Higgins. Awards *2013: shortlisted for Carnegie Medal for ''The Weight of Water'' *2015: shortlisted for Carnegie Medal for ''Apple and Rain'' *2016: **''The Bookseller prize for young adult fiction for '' One'' ** Irish Children's Book of the Year for ''One'' **Carnegie Medal for ''One'' *2017: Red House Children's Book Award The Federation of Children's Book Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He wrote the 2000 best-selling memoir ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius''. Eggers is also the founder of ''Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'', a literary journal; a co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness; and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in several magazines. Early life and education Eggers was born in Boston, Massachusetts, one of four siblings. His father, John K. Eggers (1936–1991), was an attorney, while his mother, Heidi McSweeney Eggers (1940–1992), was a school teacher. His father was Protestant and his mother was Catholic. When Eggers was still a child, the family moved to the suburb of Lake Forest, near Chicago, where he attended public high school and was a classmate of actor Vince Vaughn. Eggers's elder brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renate Habinger
Renate Habinger (born 11 August 1957, in Sankt Pölten) is an Austrian graphic artist and illustrator. Habinger studied graphic design at the Federal Institute of Graphic Arts and Design (1971-1975) and since then, she has been working as a freelance artist. In 1997, she set up the workshop the "Schneiderhäusl" in Oberndorf an der Melk. Awards *1993: for ''Meistererzählungen von Hans Christian Andersen'' *2000: Illustration Prize at the for ''Es war einmal von A bis Zett'' (by Linda Wolfsgruber) *2000: 159 for ''Es war einmal von A bis Zett'' *2004: Nomination for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize) for ''Neun nackte Nilpferddamen'' (by Gerda Anger-Schmidt) *2005: Nomination for for ''Neun nackte Nilpferddamen'' (by Gerda Anger-Schmidt) *2005: Illustration Prize at the for ''Unser König trug nie eine Krone'' (by Gerda Anger-Schmidt) *2006: *2007: for ''Gaggalagu'' (together with Michael Stavarič) *2009: Austrian State Prize for Children's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wiesner
David Wiesner (born February 5, 1956) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books, known best for picture books including some that tell stories without words. As an illustrator he has won three Caldecott Medals recognizing the year's "most distinguished American picture book for children" and he was one of five finalists in 2008 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available for creators of children's books. Life Wiesner was born and raised in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, and attended Bridgewater-Raritan High School. He graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration. David Wiesner. Accessed September 4, 2019. "A guy walked into my tenth-grade art class at Bridgewater-Raritan high school New Jersey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia McCormick (author)
Patricia McCormick (born May 23, 1956) is an American journalist and writer of realistic fiction for young adults. She has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award. Career McCormick graduated from Rosemont College in 1974–1978. McCormick earned an MS from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1985–1986 and an MFA from the New School in 1999. She currently lives in New York City. McCormick is a frequent contributor to several magazines and newspapers, including ''The New York Times'', ''Ladies Home Journal'', '' Town & Country'', and ''Reader's Digest''."Author Chat with Patricia McCormick" New York Public Library. Her books rely heavily on research and interviews. To write her novel '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Quick
Matthew Quick (born October 23, 1973) is an American writer of adult and young adult fiction. His debut novel, ''The Silver Linings Playbook'', became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted as a movie of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, and Chris Tucker. Quick was a finalist for a 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award, and his work has been translated into several languages. In 2012, his young-adult novel, ''Boy 21'', was reviewed favorably by ''The New York Times''. Quick was a finalist for the TIME 100 most influential people of 2013. Personal life Quick grew up in Oaklyn, New Jersey and graduated from Collingswood High School. He has a degree in English literature and secondary education from La Salle University and an MFA from Goddard College. Quick taught high school literature in southern New Jersey for several years, before leaving his job as a tenured English teacher in Haddonfield, New Jersey to write his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Yoon
Nicola Yoon is a Jamaican-American author. She is best known for writing the 2015 young adult novel '' Everything, Everything'', a ''New York Times'' best seller and the basis of a 2017 film of the same name. In 2016, she released ''The Sun Is Also a Star'', a novel that was adapted to a film of the same name. Early life and education Yoon grew up in Jamaica and in Brooklyn, New York. She majored in electrical engineering as an undergraduate at Cornell University. Taking a creative writing class as an elective got her "hooked on writing". After graduation, she attended the Master of Creative Writing program at Emerson College. Career Yoon worked as a programmer for investment management firms for 20 years before the publication of her first book. She was inspired to write her debut novel, '' Everything, Everything'', after the birth of her biracial daughter. Yoon wanted to write a book that reflected her child on the pages. Her first-time mother worries about protecting her ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haifaa Al-Mansour
Haifaa al-Mansour ( ar, هيفاء المنصور ''Hayfā’a al-Manṣūr''; born 10 August 1974), is a Saudi Arabian film director. She is one of the country's best-known and most controversial directors, and the first female Saudi filmmaker.Joan Dupont. Saudi filmmakers come out of the shadows. International Herald Tribune, 14 December 2006 . Early life and education Haifaa is the eighth (out of twelve) children of the poet Abdul Rahman Mansour, who introduced her to films by video, there being no movie theaters in Saudi Arabia between 1983 and 2018.Danna Harman. Middle Eastern Female Filmmakers Give Glimpse of Once-Veiled Worlds March 10, 2008. Christian Science Monitor/Alternet. One of her favourite actors was Jackie Chan. She is from Al Zulfi but grew up in Al-Hasa. Although her town was conservative, her father would go to a Blockbuster and grab any films that were available and bring them back home for their large family to enjoy together. Since cinema was banned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carll Cneut
Carll Cneut (born 8 January 1969) is a Flemish illustrator. He has illustrated many books by Dutch and Flemish authors and he has received numerous awards for his work. Early life Cneut studied graphic design at the Sint-Lucas School in Ghent, Belgium. Career Cneut made his debut with his illustrations in the poetry collection ''Varkentjes van marsepein'' written by Geert De Kockere. He won the Boekenpauw award twice: in 2000 for illustrating the book ''Willy'' written by Geert De Kockere and in 2004 for illustrating the book ''Mijnheer Ferdinand'' written by Agnes Guldemont. In 2002, he published the book ''Het ongelooflijke liefdesverhaal van Heer Morf'' which he wrote as well as illustrated. In 2003, he won the Eselsohr award, the Zilveren Penseel and the Prix d'Illustration Jeunesse for this book. At the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava he won a Golden Plaque in 2003 for the illustrations this book as well as the illustrations in the book ''Mijnheer Ferdinand' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Dubuc (illustrator)
Marianne Dubuc (born 1980) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books living in Quebec. She was born in Montreal and studied graphic design at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her first book was ''La mer'' (2006), translated into English as ''The Sea'' (2012). Her second book ''Devant ma maison'' was translated into more than 15 languages. Her books have since been translated into 25 languages. Dubuc conducted a number of workshops in Montreal libraries as part of the Blue Metropolis festival. In 2015, she was invited to give workshops at the Encuentro Internacional de Ilustración in Valladolid, Spain. Selected work * ''Devant ma maison'' (2010), translated into English as ''In Front of my House'' (2010), named a Best Book for Kids & Teens by the Canadian Children's Book Centre, named an Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities by the International Board on Books for Young People * ''Au carnaval des animaux'' (2012), finalist for the Govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gudrun Pausewang
Gudrun Pausewang (3 March 1928 – 23 January 2020), less commonly known by her married name, Gudrun Wilcke, was a German author of children's and young adult literature. She was known for books such as ''The Last Children of Schewenborn'' and ''Die Wolke'' (''The Cloud'', translated in the English book title as ''Fall-Out'') which were made part of German school canons. Among her primary topics were work for peace and protection of the environment, namely warning of the alleged dangers of nuclear energy. Her books have been translated into English and received international recognition and awards. Biography Pausewang was born in Wichstadtl (now Mladkov), Eastern Bohemia, a member of the German minority in Czechoslovakia. Her father was Siegfried Pausewang, and she was the eldest of six siblings. After the Nazis annexed the area, she became a Jungmädel at age 10 and remained in the organisation until age 17. Her father died in World War II, and her mother fled with the child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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