Herbert Günther (writer, 1947)

Herbert Günther (born June 14, 1947 in Göttingen ) is a German writer , translator and screenwriter with a focus on children's and youth literature .

Life

Herbert Günther spent his childhood and youth in Wöllmarshausen . From 1965 to 1968 he did an apprenticeship as a bookseller in Göttingen and also worked there for three years. He then worked for seven years as an editor of books for children and young people at Otto Maier Verlag in Ravensburg . Then he was again head of a children's bookshop in Göttingen for seven years and from 1986 to 1988 lecturer at Boje Verlag in Erlangen .

In 1974 he published his first independent book, Uncle Philipp Schweigt , at Georg Bitter Verlag in Recklinghausen . In the 1980s he wrote five scripts for the children's film series Neues aus Uhlenbusch on ZDF . Herbert Günther has been a freelance writer since 1988 . From then on, together with his wife Ulli Günther, he also translated numerous books for children and young people from English into German, including a. several titles each by David Almond , Avi , Alyssa Brugman , Anne Fine , PB Kerr , Magdalen Nabb and Angie Sage . He has received several awards for his own works as well as for his translations and was nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize in 2006. For older adolescents and adults, he has also presented a biography on Wilhelm Busch and a novel on Gottfried August Bürger .

Herbert Günther lives with his family in Friedland near Göttingen.

Awards

• 1987: Artist grant and art prize of the state of Lower Saxony for literature as part of the Nicolas Born Prize
• 1996: Friedrich Bödecker Prize
• 2006: Catholic children's and young people's book prize , together with Ulli Günther special prize for the translation of David Almond : Feuerschlucker
• 2006: Nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize , together with Ulli Günther for the translation of David Almond: Feuerschlucker
• 2007: The best 7 books for young readers , together with Ulli Günther for the translation of David Almond: Feuerschlucker
• 2011: The best 7 books for young readers (June) for We Children from Before , Karl Heinz Mai (photos), Franziska Neubert (design)
• 2011: The best 7 books for young readers (August) for Mein Leben als Fee , with illustrations by Rotraut Susanne Berner
• 2011: JuBu Book of the Month August for My Life as a Fee , with illustrations by Rotraut Susanne Berner
• 2012: JuBu Book of the Month February, together with Ulli Günther for the translation of Linzi Glass : The Color of Friendship
• 2012: Top 7 Books for Young Readers for Can Happen - True Stories of Fictional Animals
• 2016: Harzburger donkey ear for the time of big words

Bibliography (selection)

Novels

• Assumptions about an unsuspecting life , with a protocol by Gottfried August Bürger 1781, Arena Verlag , Würzburg 1982, ISBN 3-401-03924-5 ; TB edition Goltze-Verlag, Göttingen 1997 ISBN 3-8845-2788-6

Children's and young people's literature

picture books

• The regent is coming , illustrations: Edith Schindler , Ravensburger Buchverlag , Ravensburg 1976, ISBN 3-473-33545-2
• Can happen - true stories of invented animals , illustrations: Andreas Röckener , Klett Kinderbuch Verlag, 2012. ISBN 978-3-941411-50-0

Children's books

• Elisa and the shoe puller , children's book, Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-522-15050-3
• The birthday of the Indian , children's book, Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1989, ISBN 3-473-34386-2
• Ole and Okan , children's book, Friedrich Oetinger Verlag , Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-7891-1004-3

New TB edition with illustrations by Petra Probst, Die Schatzkiste , Munich 2001 ISBN 978-3935284554

• The King 's Cook , children's book, Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1991, ISBN 3-473-34333-1
• Hulle Hansen, short HuHa , laughable stories for children, Rowohlt Rotfuchs , Reinbek 1991, ISBN 3-499-20604-8
• Herbert Günther tells how a television film is made , children's book, Friedrich Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-7891-7505-6
• Herbert Günther tells about grandfather's childhood , children's book, Friedrich Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-7891-7516-1
• The first day of vacation , children's book, Friedrich Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-7891-1036-1
• The secret bear , children's book, Georg Bitter Verlag, Recklinghausen 1995, ISBN 3-7903-0533-2
• Air change , From a childhood 1957, children's book, Friedrich Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-8334-1803-6

TB new edition BoD , Norderstedt 2005, ISBN 3-8334-1803-6

• Leo, the family dog , children's book, Friedrich Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-570-21461-3
• Leo, a dog for every occasion , children's book, Friedrich Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7891-3609-3
• Leo, the holiday dog , children's book, Friedrich Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-7891-3612-3
• Take care Lucia! , A story book about the children of the world, series Hanser, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag , Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-423-62255-4

New edition by terre des hommes , 2012. ISBN 978-3941553095

• My life as a fairy , Gerstenberg Verlag 2011 ISBN 978-3-8369-5348-1
• We children from earlier times - pictures and stories from another time , Karl Heinz Mai (photos), Franziska Neubert (design), Klett Children's Book Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-941411-39-5

Youth books

• Uncle Philipp is silent , book for young people, Georg Bitter Verlag, Recklinghausen 1974, ISBN 3-7903-0185-X
• Among friends , book for young people, Georg Bitter Verlag, Recklinghausen 1976, ISBN 3-499-20224-7
• Dear Uncle Paul , children's book, youth book, Thienemann Verlag , Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-522-13800-7
• The journey to the sea , youth book, Friedrich Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-473-58170-4 ; TB new edition BoD , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-38334-7080-6
• A summer, a beginning , youth book, Friedrich Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-7891-3602-6 ; TB new edition BoD, Norderstedt 2010, ISBN 3-8334-1803-6
• An Impossible Friend , Boje Verlag , Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-414-82066-2
• Roberts Land , Eine Familiengeschichte, Gerstenberg Verlag 2010 ISBN 978-3-8369-5290-3

Editorships

• The new book of legends , with illustrations by Rolf Rettich . Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1980.
• The best of all possible worlds , 22 stories to one claim, book for young people, together with Hans-Christian Kirsch , Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1984, ISBN 3-473-35024-9

Non-fiction

• The hide- and- seek player , the life story of Wilhelm Busch , Union Verlag , Fellbach 1991, ISBN 3-407-80894-1

New edition: Zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2011 ISBN 978-3866741553

Individual evidence

1. ↑ buecher-wiki.de Vita on Herbert Günther
2. ↑ herbertguenther.de List of translations by Ulli and Herbert Günther

Web links

• Literature by and about Herbert Günther in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official homepage of Herbert Günther
• Excerpts from reviews of Herbert Günther can be found at perlentaucher.de