Hans-Joachim Gelberg (27 August 1930 – 17 May 2020) was a German writer and publisher of children's books, who received several awards.

Biography

Gelberg was born in

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and later lived in

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. Gelberg founded in 1971 the children’s book series Beltz & Gelberg as part of the publisher . The initial eight books grew to 1000 titles in 25 years. He published a magazine for youth literature, ''Der bunte Hund'', around three times per year. He began a yearbook for children's literature in 1971, which appeared until 1999. Since 1982, Gelberg collaborated with ,

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for individual issues of the magazine. Gelbert published work by writers for children including , , ,

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and . He lectured at the University of Frankfurt. In 2011, he published an anthology of poetry for children, entitled ''Wo kommen die Worte her?'' (Where do the words come from?). It contains poems by more than 100 authors expressly written for the book, and also older poems by

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, among others. Gelberg died on 17 May 2020 in a hospice in Weinheim, aged 89.

Awards

* 1972:

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 ...

for ''Geh und spiel mit dem Riesen'' * 2001:

Bologna Ragazzi Award The Bologna Children's Book Fair or La fiera del libro per ragazzi is the leading professional fair for children's books in the world. Since 1963, it is held yearly for four days in March or April in Bologna, Italy. It is the meeting place for al ...

for ''Großer Ozean: Gedichte für alle'' * 2004: * 2014: The primary school in Lützelsachsen, a district of Weinheim, was named after him.

Books

* ''Geh und spiel mit dem Riesen''. Beltz & Gelberg,

1971, . * ''Update on Rumpelstiltskin and other Fairy Tales by 43 Authors''. Illustrations by Willi Glasauer, Beltz & Gelberg,

1976, . * ''Der bunte Hund''. Beltz & Gelberg,

1982, . * ''Kinderland – Zauberland''. Maier,

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1986, . * ''Aller Dings''. Werkstattbuch zum Programm B & G. Beltz & Gelberg,

1996, . * ''Grosser Ozean: Gedichte für alle''. Beltz & Gelberg,

2006, . * ''Eines Tages: Geschichten von überallher''. Beltz & Gelberg,

2008, * ''Märchen aus Aller Welt''. Illustrations of Nikolaus Heidelbach, Beltz & Gelberg,

2010

References

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