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Jutta Bauer

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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.[1][2]

Life and career

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Born in Volksdorf, Hamburg on 9 January 1955, Bauer studied at the Technical College of Design in Hamburg from 1975 to 1981.[3] 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.[4] She was a runner-up in 2002 for Opas Engel, a story inspired by schoolchildren outside her studio,[5][6] and she received a special prize for Illustration in 2009.[7]

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.[1][2]

Bauer lived in Hamburg, and died unexpectedly of complications from an allergic reaction on 10 September 2025 at the age of 70.[3][8]

Selected works

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  • 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[9]
  • 2018 – Selma New Edition, 42pp., ISBN 978-1-776572-12-0[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hans Christian Andersen Awards". www.ibby.org. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Winners of the 2010 HCA Awards". www.ibby.org. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Literatur für Kids & Co". www.goethe.de (in German). Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  4. ^ "2001 Archive". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Jutta Bauer". Walker Books. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
  6. ^ "2002 Archive". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  7. ^ "2009 Archive". Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ a b Jutta, Bauer. "Selma". Gecko Press. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
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