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.[1][2]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]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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- 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., Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[9]
- 2018 – Selma New Edition, 42pp., Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[9]
References
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External links
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- Jutta Bauer at Library of Congress, with 8 library catalog records
- Short biography from the Berlin International Literature Festival
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- 1955 births
- 2025 deaths
- German children's book illustrators
- German children's writers
- German women novelists
- Writers from Hamburg
- Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration winners
- German women children's book illustrators
- German women children's writers
- German women science fiction and fantasy writers
- 20th-century German women writers
- 20th-century German writers
- 21st-century German women writers
- Deaths from anaphylaxis