Andrea Hensgen

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Andrea Hensgen (born June 28, 1959 in Mettlach ) is a German author.

Life

Andrea Hensgen grew up in Nennig on the Moselle. After attending school, she studied German language and literature, political science and sociology and worked as a lecturer in literature until 1994 . She has lived as a freelance writer since 1994.

For 2017 she is the town clerk in the North Sea resort of Otterndorf , a small town in Lower Saxony with 7,200 inhabitants at the mouth of the Elbe, approx. 15 km from Cuxhaven .

Andrea Hensgen grew up in a small village on the Moselle. After studying literature and political science at the University of Saarbrücken and training as a high school teacher in Karlsruhe, she devoted herself primarily to her three children and writing.

Her first literary works, novels for young people, emerged from her intensive occupation with European literature. They excel in how they combine cultural-historical issues with the conflicts of today's youth. In 1997 she received an annual scholarship from the state of Baden-Württemberg for her second book for young people, "Hamlet redet zuviel".

In the years that followed, she dared to take on the challenge of fiction and published novels, short stories, and a short story. What initially happened on the side, writing picture and children's books, increasingly developed into an important area of ​​work. In 2011 this work was awarded three prizes, the children's book author's residence of the State of Luxembourg “Struwwelpippi comes to the jumping procession”, the children's book prize “Nordstemmer Zuckerrübe” for “May I stay when I'm quiet?” And the “Bad Iburger Schlossgeschichten Prize” for “visiting grandma”.

In addition, Andrea Hensgen received the “Vilnius” grant from the Hessian Literature Council in May 2011.

In addition to literary writing, A. Hensgen's interest in pedagogy and upbringing has resulted in two pedagogical non-fiction books on the subject of “fairy tales in early childhood” and church exploration with children.

A. Hensgen offers seminars and training courses for specific professional groups on these as well as literary topics, mostly in cooperation with public and church sponsors.

In order not to lose touch with her young readers in the area of ​​children's literature, Andrea Hensgen has been working as a teacher in a Frankfurt primary school since the end of 2016. Her project “Philosophizing with Children” also serves to promote children. By playing, writing and discussing together, the children learn to find and assert their own point of view on moral issues.

Works

  • With ZORRO through the night . Magellan, Bamberg Summer 2016.
  • Romy, Schneider and the black giant. Children's thriller, Lambertus Verlag, Freiburg Summer 2016.
  • Practical manual for church rooms . Pedag. Reference book, Lambertus Verlag, Freiburg autumn 2015.
  • Practical Guide Fairy Tales . Pedag. Reference book, Lambertus Verlag, Freiburg, spring 2015.
  • Leila starts! Picture book. Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart 2014.
  • The Pope is coming. Roman, Lindemann's Library, 2013.
  • Vacation at home . Garden book for children, Velber Verlag, Freiburg, spring 2012.
  • Happiness comes on small paws . Bilderbuch, Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart Spring 2012 (translated into Dutch in 2012).
  • Sophie in the pizzeria . Duden reading detectives, spring 2012.
  • When Fedka almost ended up in jail . Picture book story. Gecko. Issue, Jan. 27, 2012.
  • Visit to grandma . by Andrea Hensgen and Joëlle Tourlonias , Jacoby & Stuart, Berlin 2011 (translated into Portuguese in 2013).
  • The big dog . Picture book, Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal Spring 2011 (2014 translated into Dutch, Spanish and Chinese).
  • Willy. Mama wanted to wave . Bilderbuch, Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart Spring 2011 (translated into Danish and Chinese in 2012).
  • Happy Easter, Sophie! Duden reading detectives, spring 2011.
  • Our garden year with Bertha . Garden book for children, Velber Verlag, Freiburg, spring 2011.
  • Shorty. The professor and the little monkey . Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal August 2010.
  • When Bunny dropped the captain. by Andrea Hensgen and Aljoscha Blau , Jacoby & Stuart, Berlin 2010.
  • When Bunny shot the sheriff . by Andrea Hensgen and Aljoscha Blau , Jacoby & Stuart. Berlin 2009.
  • Can I stay when I'm quiet? 2 CDs by Andrea Hensgen and Peter Lieck, Igel-Records, 2004.
  • Can I stay when I'm quiet? by Andrea Hensgen and Daniel Napp dtv, Munich 2003 (translated into Thai in 2004 and into Korean in 2008).
  • Marquise, you ask questions! Immoral stories. Dtv, Munich 2003 (translated into Czech in 2006).
  • She went into town to see the girls , Carlsen, Hamburg 2002.
  • I can see better while sitting . Peter Hammer, Wuppertal 2002.
  • The little death . dtv, Munich 2001.
  • Melusine. The world has to become romantic . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2002 (translated into Spanish in 2002).
  • The blue sofa . On the art of growing up, C. Bertelsmann, Munich 1998.
  • Hamlet talks too much . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 1997.
  • I put you in the middle of the world . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 1996 (translated into Korean in 1999 and into Brazilian in 2001).

Awards

  • 1997 sponsorship award and scholarship from the state of Baden-Württemberg
  • 2011 Awarded the Nordstemmer Zuckerrübe Children's Book Prize

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrea Hensgen Otterndorf's town clerk. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Hensgen, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Mettlach