Angela Sommer-Bodenburg

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born December 18, 1948 in Reinbek , Schleswig-Holstein ) is a German writer and painter as well as a former elementary school teacher who now lives in the United States. She became known through her books about the little vampire .

Life

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg studied pedagogy, psychology and sociology and then taught for twelve years as a primary school teacher in Hamburg. In addition to her work as a teacher, she had her first two book publications in 1979: a book of poetry published by Suhrkamp Verlag with the title Sarah bei den Wölfen and by Rowohlt Verlag Der kleine Vampir

According to her own statements, Angela Sommer-Bodenburg already enjoyed drawing and painting as a small child and regularly borrowed books from the city library. So she began to write her own books at an early age, which she illustrated herself and sewn together with thread. However, the father, who wrote poems, dramas and novels himself, was the only one in her family who supported her career aspiration to become a writer. The beginning of the Little Vampire , according to the author, was set by the children at her school, which she tried to motivate with the reading she wanted ("funny, exciting and also a little bit scary"). For her career as a writer, Angela Sommer-Bodenburg assessed the little vampire as " mixed blessing ". that is, she found herself pigeonholed with the success of this series, which pushed her other adult publications and work as a painter into the background.

The little vampire became the opening volume of a series - each with the illustrations by Amelie Glienke - which only ended in 2015 with the 21st volume The little vampire and the question of all questions . The story of the Little Vampire was implemented in two television series ( The Little Vampire and The Little Vampire - New Adventure ) and a children's film ( The Little Vampire ).

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg's books have been translated into over 30 languages. She lives with her second husband as a freelance writer and painter in Silver City , New Mexico .

Works

The little Vampire

1. The little vampire , 1979
2. The little vampire moves , 1980
3. The little vampire goes away , 1982
4. The little vampire on the farm , 1983
5. The little vampire and the great love , 1985
6. The little vampire in danger , 1985
7. The little vampire in the valley of tears , 1986
8. The little vampire reads , 1988
9. The little vampire and the scary patient , 2000 / Anton and the little vampire - The mysterious patient , 1989
10. The little vampire in the lion's den , 2000 / Anton and the little vampire - In the lion's den , 1989
11. The Little Vampire and the Light Apparatus , 2000 / Anton and the Little Vampire - The Enigmatic Program , 1989
12. The little vampire and the enigmatic coffin , 2000 / Anton and the little vampire - bad surprises , 1989
13. The Little Vampire and the Secret Conspiracy , 2000 / Anton and the Little Vampire - The Big Conspiracy , 1989
14. The Little Vampire and the Class Trip , 2000 / Anton and the Little Vampire - The Class Trip , 1990
15. The little vampire celebrates Christmas , 2000 / Anton and the little vampire - Merry Christmas , 1990
16. The Little Vampire and Count Dracula , 2001 / Anton and the Little Vampire - The Journey to Count Dracula , 1993
17. The little vampire and the dance lesson , 2001
18. The little vampire's birthday is 2001
19. The little vampire and the night of horrors , 2006
20. The little vampire and the final metamorphosis , 2008
21. The Little Vampire and the Question of All Questions , 2015

Note: Volumes 9 to 16 originally appeared under the name Anton und der kleine Vampir . In the course of the new publications at Rowohlt Verlag, the book titles were slightly changed and came out under the name The Little Vampire .

more publishments

• Sarah with the Wolves , poems, 1979
• The Beast That Came In The Rain , 1981
• I always love you anyway , poems, 1982.
• If you want to get scared , picture book with illustrations by Helga Spieß , Otto Maier, Ravensburg 1984 and at Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1987.
• The Bog Spirits , 1986
• Coco's birthday , picture book with illustrations by Agnès Mathieu, 1986
• Don't rejoice too soon, I'll never leave you , poems, with illustrations by Anne Wilsdorf, 1987
• Seagulls and Wolves , Poems, 1987
• The Underground - A love fairy tale with illustrations by Magdalene Hanke-Basfeld, 1988
• Julia at the Lights of Life , picture book with illustrations by Thé Tjong-Khing, 1989
• Florian's collected horror stories with illustrations by Helga Spieß, 1990
• Gerneklein , picture book with illustrations by Imke Korth-Sander, 1990
• My very favorite teddy bear , poems with illustrations by Brigitte Werner & Joachim Lange, 1991
• Schokolowski - The Birthday Truffle Dog (Vol. 1), 1991
• Chocolate - Funny is the dog's life (Vol. 2), 1992
• Chocolateowski - Caution, Dog Catcher (Vol. 3), 1992
• Schokolowski - König Leckermaul (Vol. 4), 1992
• Chocolate - help, a baby! (Vol. 5), 1993
• When the foxes make coffee , picture book with illustrations by Helga Spieß, 1993
• From beyond the great forest with illustrations by Helga Spieß, 1994
• Benjamin Biber , picture book with illustrations by Imke Korth-Sander, 1994
• Hanna, God's smallest angel , 1995
• The Curse of the Vampire , 1998
• Berenice's Hair , 1998
• The large Angela Sommer Bodenburg reader , with illustrations by Amelie Glienke , 2002
• Kasimir von Käsebleich (Vol. 1), with illustrations by Kathrin Treuber, 2002
• Kasimir von Käsebleich comes to school (vol. 2) with illustrations by Kathrin Treuber, 2002
• Kasimir von Käsebleich and the Ranzenmann (Vol. 3) with illustrations by Kathrin Treuber, 2003
• Jeremy Golden and the Master of Shadows , 2005
• Anna von Schlotterstein's night book , 2012

Trivia

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg lived in the Schleswig-Holstein village of Prinzenmoor while she was creating the little vampire . This village served as a model for various locations in the book.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ angelasommer-bodenburg.com Page with autobiographical information from the author
2. ^ Village history

Web links

• Literature by and about Angela Sommer-Bodenburg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official website of the author