Aino Havukainen

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Aino Havukainen (2011)

Aino Havukainen (born December 5, 1968 in Rauma , Finland ) is a Finnish illustrator and children's book author .

Live and act

Aino Havukainen studied illustration and graphic design at the Lahti Institute of Design and graduated in 1992. She then worked as a multimedia designer in an advertising agency. She has been working as a freelance illustrator and author since 1996.

She is married to the illustrator and caricaturist Sami Toivonen . Together they are best known for the children's book series Tatu and Patu , several parts of which have been published since 2003. Licenses for this series have been granted to publishers in 21 countries. In Germany, parts of the series have been published by Thienemann-Esslinger Verlag since 2010 .

Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen live in Sastamala and have a daughter.

Awards

in Finnland:

  • 2001: Rudolf Koivu Prize (Finnish graphic artist prize)
  • 2006: Kaarina Helakisa Prize from Otava Publishing House
  • 2010: Tietopöllö Prize for the book series Tatu & Patu
  • 2009, 2010 and 2016: nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize

in Germany:

  • July 2010: List of the 7 best books for young readers ( Deutschlandfunk and Focus ) for Tatu and Patu and their crazy machines
  • September 2010: List of the 7 best books for young readers (Deutschlandfunk and Focus) for Tatu and Patu and their crazy bedtime book
  • 2011: Golden bookworm as reading tip 2011 from the Children's Academy for Tatu and Patu and their crazy machines
  • 2011: nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize for Tatu and Patu and their crazy machines

Works

  • with Sami Toivonen: Tatu and Patu and their crazy machines. Translated from Finnish by Elina Kritzokat . Thienemann-Esslinger, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-522-43648-9 .
  • with Sami Toivonen: Tatu and Patu and their crazy bedtime book. Translated from Finnish by Elina Kritzokat. Thienemann-Esslinger, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-522-43675-5 .
  • with Sami Toivonen: Tatu and Patu and their crazy kindergarten. Translated from Finnish by Elina Kritzokat. Thienemann-Esslinger, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-522-43699-1 .
  • with Sami Toivonen: Tatu and Patu and their crazy jobs. Translated from Finnish by Elina Kritzokat. Thienemann-Esslinger, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-522-43739-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Aino Havukainen on the Thienemann-Esslinger Verlag website , accessed on March 13, 2016
  2. ↑ Aino Havukainen, kirjailija on kirjaseuranta.fi (Finnish), accessed on March 13, 2016
  3. ↑ a b Aino Havukainen ja Sami Toivonen on suomalaisianykykirjailijoita.wikispaces.com (Finnish), accessed on March 13, 2016
  4. ↑ Havukainen, Aino on kirjasampo.fi (Finnish), accessed on March 13, 2016
  5. ↑ The best 7 books for young readers - list of the best in July on deutschlandfunk.de, accessed on March 13, 2016
  6. ↑ The best 7 books for young readers - list of the best in September on deutschlandfunk.de, accessed on March 13, 2016
  7. ^ Meeting of the DFG with Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen (Tatu and Patu) at the Frankfurt Book Fair at dfg-portal.de, accessed on March 13, 2016
  8. ↑ Nominations 2011 - picture book on djlp.jugendliteratur.org, accessed on March 13, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Havukainen, Aino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish illustrator and children's book author
DATE OF BIRTH 5th December 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Rauma , Finland