Rotraut Susanne Berner
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Rotraut Susanne Berner (born 26 August 1948, in Stuttgart) is a German graphic designer and illustrator.[1] She illustrated The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensberger.[2]
She is well known for a series of popular children's book, called Wimmelbilderbuch, which have attained a worldwide circulation of close to 500,000 copies in fifteen countries.[3]
Working as a freelance illustrator, she has focused on books for children and young adults, illustrating more than 80 such books and designing over 800 book covers.[3]
For her contribution as a children's illustrator Berner was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002, 2004, and 2014,[4][5][6] and she won it in 2016.[7]
References
- ^ "Rotraut Susanne Berner". Goethe-Institut. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ Gardner, Michael (8 November 1998). "It All Adds Up". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ a b Giersberg, Dagmar. "Stories Without Words: Rotraut Susanne Berner's Wimmel Books". Goethe Institut. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "2002". Hans Christian Andersen Awards. International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Press release with other contemporary material. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ^ "2004". Hans Christian Andersen Awards. IBBY. Press release with other contemporary material. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ^ "2014 Awards", Hans Christian Andersen Awards. IBBY. With contemporary material including the 17 March 2014 shortlist press release. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ^ "HCAA 2016 Winners". Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Rotraut Susanne Berner at Library of Congress, with 17 library catalogue records
- Cornelia Rémi: Reading as Playing. The Cognitive Challenge of the Wimmelbook. In: Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (ed.): Emergent Literacy - Children's Books from 0 to 3. Studies in Written Language and Literacy. Bd 13. John Benjamins, Amsterdam 2011, S. 115–139, ISBN 90-272-1808-0 (Pre-print, online).
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