Jutta Bauer (born 9 January 1955) is a

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writer and illustrator of

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. For her "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator she received the

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in 2010.

Life

Born in

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, she studied at the Technical College of Design in Hamburg from 1975 to 1981 Afterward she worked as a children's book illustrator and as cartoonist for the women's magazine ''

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''. She won the

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(German Youth Literature Award) in 2001 for the

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''Schreimutter'', which she wrote and illustrated. She was a runner-up in 2002 for ''Opas Engel'' and she received a Special prize for Illustration in 2009. The biennial

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conferred by the

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is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Bauer received the illustration award in 2010. She currently resides in Hamburg.

Selected works

* ''Ein Engel trägt meinen Hinkelstein'' * ''Schreimutter'' — 2001

, 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., *2018 – ''Selma New Edition'', 42pp.,

References

External links

* at

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Short biography
from the

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