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{{Short description|German graphic designer and illustrator (born 1948)}}
[[File:Number devil and robert.jpg|right|150px|thumb|An illustration by Rotraut Susanne Berner from ''[[The Number Devil]]'']]
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'''Rotraut Susanne Berner''' (born 1948) is a [[Germany|German]] graphic designer and illustrator.<ref name=goeth>{{cite web|title=Rotraut Susanne Berner|url=http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/prj/kju/ill/ag/ber/enindex.htm|work=[[Goethe-Institut]]|publisher=Goethe-Institut|accessdate=7 September 2011}}</ref> She illustrated ''[[The Number Devil]]'' by [[Hans Magnus Enzensberger]].<ref name=latimes>{{cite news|last=Gardner|first=Michael|title=It All Adds Up|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1998/nov/08/books/bk-40457|accessdate=3 September 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=8 November 1998}}</ref>


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'''Rotraut Susanne Berner''' (born 26 August 1948, in [[Stuttgart]]) is a German graphic designer and illustrator.<ref name=goeth>{{cite web|title=Rotraut Susanne Berner|url=http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/prj/kju/ill/ag/ber/enindex.htm|publisher=[[Goethe-Institut]]|accessdate=7 September 2011}}</ref> She illustrated ''[[The Number Devil]]'' by [[Hans Magnus Enzensberger]].<ref name=latimes>{{cite news|last=Gardner|first=Michael|title=It All Adds Up|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-08-bk-40457-story.html|access-date=3 September 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=8 November 1998}}</ref>
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She is well known for a series of popular children's book, called “Wimmel” books, which have attained a worldwide circulation of close to 500,000 copies in fifteen countries.<ref name=giersbert>{{cite web|last=Giersberg|first=Dagmar|title=Stories Without Words: Rotraut Susanne Berner’s Wimmel Books|url=http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/aug/ill/en4812501.htm|publisher=Goethe Institut|accessdate=December 19, 2009}}</ref>


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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.<ref name=giersbert>{{cite web|last=Giersberg|first=Dagmar|title=Stories Without Words: Rotraut Susanne Berner's Wimmel Books|url=http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/aug/ill/en4812501.htm|publisher=Goethe Institut|accessdate=19 December 2009}}</ref>
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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.<ref name=giersbert/>

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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.<ref name=giersbert/>

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,<ref name=ibby2002>[http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=395 "2002"]. ''Hans Christian Andersen Awards''. [[International Board on Books for Young People]] (IBBY). Press release with other contemporary material. Retrieved 2014-03-23.</ref><ref name=ibby2004>[http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=521 "2004"]. ''Hans Christian Andersen Awards''. IBBY. Press release with other contemporary material. Retrieved 2014-03-23.</ref><ref name=ibby2014>[http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=1315 "2014 Awards"], ''Hans Christian Andersen Awards''. IBBY. With contemporary material including the [http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=1367 17 March 2014 shortlist press release]. Retrieved 2014-03-23.</ref> and she won it in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibby.org/1568.0.html |title=HCAA 2016 Winners |accessdate=2016-11-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022044619/http://www.ibby.org/1568.0.html |archivedate=22 October 2016 }}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.rotraut-susanne-berner.de/ Official site]
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* Cornelia Rémi: [https://www.academia.edu/220615/Reading_as_Playing_The_Cognitive_Challenge_of_the_Wimmelbook ''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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Latest revision as of 03:28, 25 October 2024

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

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  1. ^ "Rotraut Susanne Berner". Goethe-Institut. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  2. ^ Gardner, Michael (8 November 1998). "It All Adds Up". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b Giersberg, Dagmar. "Stories Without Words: Rotraut Susanne Berner's Wimmel Books". Goethe Institut. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  4. ^ "2002". Hans Christian Andersen Awards. International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Press release with other contemporary material. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  5. ^ "2004". Hans Christian Andersen Awards. IBBY. Press release with other contemporary material. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  6. ^ "2014 Awards", Hans Christian Andersen Awards. IBBY. With contemporary material including the 17 March 2014 shortlist press release. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  7. ^ "HCAA 2016 Winners". Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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