Jutta Bauer (born 9 January 1955) is a
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writer and illustrator of
children's books
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. For her "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator she received the
Hans Christian Andersen Medal
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in 2010.
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Life
Born in Volksdorf
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, Hamburg
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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 '']Brigitte
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She won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
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(German Youth Literature Award) in 2001 for the picture book
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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 Hans Christian Andersen Award
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conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is an international non-profit organization committed to bringing books and children together. The headquarters of the IBBY are located in Basel, Switzerland.
IBBY history
In 1952, Jella Lepm ...
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.][
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Selected works
* ''Ein Engel trägt meinen Hinkelstein''
* ''Schreimutter'' — 2001 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
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, 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 Walker Books
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*
Short biography
from the Berlin International Literature Festival
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1955 births
Living people
German children's book illustrators
German children's writers
German women novelists
German illustrators
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