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Wolf Erlbruch

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German illustrator and writer (1948-2022)

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Wolf Erlbruch 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.

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Awards 5

2017Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
2014e.o.plauen Prize
2006Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration
2004Silver Brush
2003Gutenberg Prize

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Wolf Erlbruch 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.

Country
Germany
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1948 to 2022 · aged 74
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17 languages

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