Jutta Bauer
Jutta Bauer (9 January 1955 – 10 September 2025) was a German writer and illustrator of children's books. She received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2010 for her "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator.
Life and career
Born in Volksdorf, Hamburg on 9 January 1955, Bauer studied at the Technical College of Design in Hamburg from 1975 to 1981. Afterward, she worked as a children's book illustrator and as a cartoonist for women's magazine Brigitte.
She won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Award) in 2001 for Schreimutter, a picture book. She was a runner-up in 2002 for Opas Engel, a story inspired by schoolchildren outside her studio, and she received a special prize for Illustration in 2009.
In 2010, Bauer received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award, conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People. It is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books.
Death
Bauer lived in Hamburg, and died unexpectedly of complications from an allergic reaction on 10 September 2025 at the age of 70.
Selected works
- Ein Engel trägt meinen Hinkelstein
- Schreimutter – 2001 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, 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., ISBN 0 9582720-8-5
- 2018 – Selma New Edition, 42pp., ISBN 978-1-776572-12-0
References
- 1 2 "Hans Christian Andersen Awards". www.ibby.org. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- 1 2 "Winners of the 2010 HCA Awards". www.ibby.org. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- 1 2 "Literatur für Kids & Co". www.goethe.de (in German). Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ "2001 Archive". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ↑ "Jutta Bauer". Walker Books. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ↑ "2002 Archive". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ↑ "2009 Archive". Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Schmeis, Britta. ""Man zeichnet nur kalte Scheiße, wenn man nicht seine Gefühle drin hat": Illustratorin Jutta Bauer gestorben". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- 1 2 Jutta, Bauer. "Selma". Gecko Press. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
External links
- Jutta Bauer at the Library of Congress, with 8 library catalog records
- Short biography from the Berlin International Literature Festival
