Antonia Michaelis

Antonia Michaelis (* 1979 in Kiel ) is a German writer for books for children and young people as well as fiction and theater plays.

Life and professional history

Antonia Michaelis was born in Kiel in 1979 and spent the first two years of her life in a small village on the Baltic Sea . She then moved with her parents to Augsburg , where she wrote her first stories as a child. After graduating from high school near St. Anna (Augsburg) , she taught English , art education and acting at a school near Madras in southern India for a year. She then studied medicine at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Greifswald .

In addition to her two longer stays in India, Antonia Michaelis made numerous trips to Italy , Greece , Syria , England and Turkey, among others . Here she gathered knowledge and experience that shaped her books in many different ways. So she was inspired by English literary history for her children's novel The Wonderful Journey of Oliver and Twist . In addition, Tiger Moon is thematically based on Michaelis' time in India .

Michaelis also has several series such as Kreuzberg 007 (code word 007) and the Ammerlo series, a case for Katz and Ella Fuchs .

The book for young people, Der Märchenerzähler , appeared in several literary blogs at 64th place on the list of the 100 most popular books in Germany . The original source of this list is not verified.

Antonia Michaelis is also the author of several plays for children and young people, which were written for the Montessori School Greifswald , the Dunstkreis16 Greifswald and the special school Janusz-Korczak Wolgast , among others .

A large number of her books have been translated into Chinese, Danish, English, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish, among others.

Several of the children's and young people's books have also been published as audio books. The youth novel Der Märchenerzähler was placed on the hr2 audio book best list in June 2012 .

Antonia Michaelis lives in Zemitz , a community across from the island of Usedom .

Works

Children's literature

Individual works

• Leselöwen boarding school stories Loewe, Bindlach 2002, ISBN 978-3-7855-4368-9
• Jungle stories Loewe, Bindlach 2002, ISBN 978-3-7855-4350-4
• Three little polar bears in the glittering snow. Short animal stories to read aloud Loewe, Bindlach 2003, ISBN 978-3-7855-4772-4
• The miraculous journey of Oliver and Twist Loewe, Bindlach 2003, ISBN 978-3-7855-4626-0
• The Adoptive Room Loewe, Bindlach 2004, ISBN 978-3-7855-4977-3
• The little whimsy angel: How to get in a good mood Loewe, Bindlach 2004, ISBN 978-3-7855-5148-6
• Morgenstern Loewe, Bindlach 2004, ISBN 978-3-7855-5187-5
• Bora or the secret of the monastery ruins Kunsthaus Verlag, Boddin 2005, ISBN 978-3-933274-55-7
• Leselöwen stage fright stories Loewe, Bindlach 2007, ISBN 978-3-7855-4641-3
• Reading tiger Nikolausgeschichten Loewe, Bindlach 2007, ISBN 978-3-7855-4638-3
• The secret of the 12th continent Loewe, Bindlach 2007, ISBN 978-3-7855-5914-7
• Nele and the Eiskristall Kerle in Herder, Freiburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-451-70792-6
• Laura and the Silberwolf Kerle in Herder, Freiburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-451-70779-7
• Reading pirate girlfriend stories Loewe, Bindlach 2008, ISBN 978-3-7855-6209-3
• Reading pirates Zauberschlossgeschichten Loewe, Bindlach 2008, ISBN 978-3-7855-5987-1
• The wild princesses: Reading stories Herder, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-70801-5
• The night of the captured dreams Oetinger, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7891-4261-1
• Beyond the Finsterbach Bridge Oetinger, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7891-4281-9
• Reading tiger dragon stories Loewe, Bindlach 2009, ISBN 978-3-7855-6560-5
• Little Santa Claus stories to read aloud Ellermann bei Oetinger, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7707-3200-5
• When the wind man comes Herder, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-70916-6
• Chocolate by the sea: Herder reading stories , Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-70882-4
• Shipwreck on the pirate island: sun, moon and stars , Oetinger, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7891-0655-2
• Little laughing stories to read aloud Ellermann bei Oetinger, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7707-3201-2
• Max and the Murks Oetinger, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7891-0661-3
• Julius and the thing with the love guys in Herder, Freiburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-451-70772-8
• Wolfsgarten Kerle in Herder, Freiburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-451-70777-3
• Papa, me and the Herder foldable parking lot , Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-451-71119-0
• Mama in the luggage Oetinger, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7891-0756-6
• Reading pirates detective stories Loewe, Bindlach 2013, ISBN 978-3-7855-7840-7
• The Blaubeerhaus Oetinger, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7891-4300-7
• Wind and the secret summer Oetinger, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7891-0869-3

Series

• A case for the cat: Pizza Crisis Loewe, Bindlach 2003, ISBN 978-3-7855-4181-4
• A case for the cat: Mäusejagd Loewe, Bindlach 2003, ISBN 978-3-7855-4800-4
• Dog love. A case for the Katz Loewe, Bindlach 2004, ISBN 978-3-7855-4976-6
• Cat faxes. A case for the Katz Loewe, Bindlach 2004, ISBN 978-3-7855-5178-3
• Here with us in Ammerlo Loewe, Bindlach 2005, ISBN 978-3-7855-5343-5
• A lot is going on here in Ammerlo! Loewe, Bindlach 2005, ISBN 978-3-7855-5498-2
• Advent with us in Ammerlo Loewe, Bindlach 2006, ISBN 978-3-7855-4492-1
• Kreuzberg 007 - Mission green monster Oetinger, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7891-4280-2
• Kreuzberg 007 - Mysterious Graffiti Oetinger, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7891-4283-3
• Code word 007 - Secret things in the backyard Oetinger, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7891-4288-8
• Code word 007 - Alarm im Advent Oetinger, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7891-4267-3
• Papa, me and the pirate gang Oetinger, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7891-1219-5
• Papa, me and the dinosaurs Oetinger, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7891-1250-8
• Storm with us in Ammerlo! Tredition, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8495-3877-4
• Ella Fuchs and the top secret moonlight circus Oetinger, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7891-4271-0
• Ella Fuchs and the riddle of the traveling island theater Oetinger, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7891-4273-4

Youth literature

• Mike and I and Max Ernst Loewe, Bindlach 2003, ISBN 978-3-7855-4820-2
• Tigermond Loewe, Bindlach 2005, ISBN 978-3-7855-5356-5
• Dragons of Darkness Loewe, Bindlach 2008, ISBN 978-3-7855-5989-5
• The storyteller Oetinger, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7891-4289-5
• The words of the white queen , Oetinger, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7891-4291-8
• As long as the nightingale sings Oetinger, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7891-4293-2
• Nashville or Das Wolfsspiel Oetinger, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7891-4275-8
• Nobody loves November Oetinger, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7891-4295-6
• The attackers Oetinger, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7891-0456-5
• Grenzlandtage (Antonia Michaelis and Peer Martin), Oetinger, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8415-0469-2
• Petrol station chips Oetinger, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7891-0918-8

Fiction

• Like Vladimir Easter went Alkyon, Weissach iT 2003, ISBN 978-3-933292-68-1
• The last rain Wißner, Augsburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89639-689-1
• Paradise for everyone Droemer-Knaur, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-426-21367-4
• Friedhofskind Emons, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-95451-286-7
• The Institute of Last Wishes Droemer-Knaur, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-426-65365-4
• In the eye of the Emons lighthouse , Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-95451-675-9
• The Allee of Forbidden Questions Droemer-Knaur, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-426-65386-9
• Mr. Widows Katzenverleih Droemer-Knaur, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-426-65430-9

Plays

Downloads and information on the author's website

• Finland or: Noras Tag (world premiere 2009, Greifswald City Theater)
• Bruno or the bear problem
• Bora (musical in 8 songs)
• Murder at Montessori Castle
• The witch's mirror
• Nativity play
• Last appearance: midnight (world premiere 2012, Greifswald)
• Patrons (premiere 2013)
• East Side Story (world premiere 2013, Wolgast)
• Select out (world premiere 2014, Wolgast)
• Boundless (world premiere 2016, Wolgast)
• The Midnight Magician (World Premiere 2017, Wolgast)

Prices

• 2008: Children's book award Nordstemmer Zuckerrübe
• 2009: Nomination for the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the English language edition of Tigermoon
• 2011: Book of the month (German Academy for Children's and Young People's Literature)
• 2011: Segeberger Feder Youth Book Prize for The Storyteller
• 2011: Buxtehuder Bulle nominated for Der Märchenerzähler
• 2011: German Fantasy Prize
• 2012: Nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize (youth jury) for Der Märchenerzähler
• 2012: Prize of the Jury of Young Readers (Cover Prize) 2012 for Der Märchenerzähler
• 2012: Golden Bookworm (youth jury) 2012 for Der Märchenerzähler
• 2012: Usinger Buchfink Prize for Der Märchenerzähler
• 2012: Cybils Finalist, Young Adult Fiction Cybils Award for The Storyteller (Der Märchenerzähler)
• 2016: Fantastic Prize of the City of Wetzlar for Nobody Loves November
• 2019: Penzberger Urmel for Das Blaubeerhaus

Web links

• Literature by and about Antonia Michaelis in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of Antonia Michaelis
• Review of code 007 - Alarm in Advent on KinderundJugendmedien.de
• Scientific author profile on KinderundJugendmedien.de
• Interview with Antonia Michaelis on www.die-blaue-seite.de
• Antonia Michaelis's weblog at Oetinger-Verlag
• Interview with Antonia Michaelis on Kinderbuch-Couch.de
• Interview with Antonia Michaelis at Serendipity-Reviews.co.uk (English)
• Short biography and reviews of works by Antonia Michaelis at perlentaucher.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH: Antonia Michaelis, children's book author. In: FAZ.NET. October 25, 2013, accessed October 23, 2016 . 
2. ↑ 100 most popular books ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ The 100 most popular books among Germans
4. ↑ The 100 most popular books of the Germans  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Plays by Antonia Michaelis
6. ^ Translations by Antonia Michaelis
7. ↑ hr2-Hörbuchbestenliste, June 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Downloads and information on the Antonia Michaelis website
9. ↑ Website on East Side Story ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ To select the website
11. ↑ Website on Limitless  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ Ostsee-Zeitung
13. ↑ http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward/batchelderpast
14. ↑ Storytellers awarded the "Bad Segeberger Feder 2011" award
15. ↑ Buxtehuder Bulle 2011
16. ↑ EDFC German Fantasy Prize
17. ↑ German Youth Literature Prize 2012
18. ↑ Literature Prize of the Young Readers Jury (Cover Prize)
19. ↑ Goldener Bücherwurm (youth jury)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
20. ↑ Usinger Buchfinkenpreis 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
21. ↑ Cybils: Finalists Young Adult Fiction ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
22. ↑ Fantastic Prize of the City of Wetzlar
23. ↑ Wolfgang Schörner: "Urmel is a particularly nice prize" - Antonia Michaelis on the literature prize, on Madagascar and on criticism. In: Merkur.de. October 10, 2019, accessed October 11, 2019 .