Life and work
Born as Hans-Rudolf Lehmann in Bern, his mother was a farmer's daughter and his father was a shoemaker, later auxiliary postman and department manager at the Swiss Post. His mother had a creative streak, which passed to both sons. Hartmann's younger brother Jürg became a journalist, and now heads the Ringier Group school of journalism. Lukas Hartmann wrote his first stories at the age of 13. He completed a teacher training course in Bern with majors in German, history and music, and worked first as a teacher. He then decided to pursue further studies in psychology, but he did not graduate, and later worked as a social worker, journalist and writer. His novels ''Anna - annA'' and ''Pestalozzis Berg'' have been filmed. Hartmann's grandmother was one of the so-called ''Awards (excerpt)
* 1995: ''Schweizer Jugendbuchpreis'' for ''So eine lange Nase''. * 2010: ''Grosser Literaturpreis von Stadt und Kanton Bern''Bibliography (highlights)
Novels
* 1978: ''Pestalozzis Berg''. Zytglogge, Gümligen, . * 1980: ''Gebrochenes Eis: Aufzeichnungen''. Arche, Zürich, . * 1982: ''Children's literature
* 1984: ''Anna annA''. Zytglogge, Gümligen, . * 1987: ''Joachim zeichnet sich weg. Ein Roman für Kinder''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich, . * 1990: ''Die wilde Sophie''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich, . * 1994: ''So eine lange Nase''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich, . * 2006: ''Heul nicht, kleiner Seehund! Kinderroman.'' Illustrations by Julia Friese. Bajazzo, Zürich, . * 2007: ''Spuren in der Polenta. Essgeschichten und Rezepte für Kinder.'' Illustrations by Larissa Bertonasco. Bajazzo, Zürich, .Plays
* 1976: ''Beruhigungsmittel''. * 1977: ''Familiefescht''.Radio
* 1976: ''Em Pfarrer sy Scheidig'' for Schweizer Radio DRS. * 1984: ''Auf dem Scherbenberg'' for DRS.Literature
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