Wolf Erlbruch
German illustrator and writer (1948–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wolf Erlbruch (30 June 1948 – 11 December 2022) was a German illustrator and writer of children's books, who became professor at several universities. He combined various techniques for the artwork in his books, including cutting and pasting, drawing, and painting. His style was sometimes surrealist and is widely copied inside and outside Germany. Some of his storybooks have challenging themes such as death and the meaning of life. They won many awards, including the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1993 and 2003. Erlbruch received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2006 for his "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator. In 2017, he was the first German to win the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
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Born | (1948-06-30)30 June 1948 Wuppertal, Allied-occupied Germany |
Died | 11 December 2022(2022-12-11) (aged 74) Wuppertal, Germany |
Education | Folkwang Hochschule |
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