- Janosch
Janosch (real name Horst Eckert) (born
March 11 ,1931 ) is one of the best-known German artists and children's book authors. He was born in Hindenburg (nowZabrze , Poland) inUpper Silesia .After
World War II the family fled toWest Germany . In the area ofOldenburg Janosch worked in a textile mill. In 1953 he went toMunich , where he studied for some terms at the Academy of Arts, but broke off his studies eventually. Afterwards he worked as a freelance artist. In 1960 his first book for children was published with "George Lentz", who was a friend of his, who also persuaded him to take on the penname "Janosch". Within the next 10 years numerous books for children followed with different publishing houses.He also published books for adults, in which he deals with his childhood experiences of growing up with an abusive father and a God-fearing mother, constantly recurring topics being friendship, family relationships and the quest for the meaning of life.
Among others, he has received the following awards:
* 1975: the Literature Award of the City of Munich
* 1979: the German Youth Literature Award
* 1984: theZilveren Griffel
* 1993: theBundesverdienstkreuz By 1980 he had published over 100 books for children in nearly 30 languages. By then he had left Germany and now lives now on the island of
Tenerife in theAtlantic Ocean .ee also
*
Tigerente .External links
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* [http://www.janosch.de/ Official Homepage]
* [http://www.little-tiger.de/biographie.htm About Janosch]
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