Bettina Obrecht

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Bettina Obrecht (born March 23, 1964 in Lörrach ) is a German writer and translator.

Career

After graduating from high school and a longer stay in Costa Rica, she first studied Spanish and English in Heidelberg in order to be able to finance her own writing as a freelance translator. Immediately after graduation, she received a scholarship for literature and has been a freelance writer and translator since 1990. Since then she has published numerous books for all age groups in renowned German children's book publishers, and has repeatedly written texts for radio, children's theater and for adults. Many of her books have been published as audio books and / or translated into other languages. Numerous excerpts from her texts can be found in school books in German-speaking countries. Your most important concern is to take children seriously without any "adult" or even "educational" arrogance. In addition to working in children's books, she writes prose and radio texts for adults, translates poetry and prose and participates in interdisciplinary projects, including with the musician and sound artist Werner Cee.

Awards (selection)

  • Literature scholarship from Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart
  • Selection list Silver Feather ("Manon's Grandma")
  • Children's book of the month ("Lina and the Spinners")
  • Scholarship for children's literature from the Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
  • Children's book of the month ("No way sweet")
  • Best list of the German Record Critics' Prize ("Designer Baby")
  • Focus leaderboard ("Nick and his favorite animal")
  • Author residence in Echternach of the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture
  • Nomination for the Friedrich Gerstäcker Prize ("Isolated")
  • Selection list for the silver feather ("Welcome back Grandpa")

Publications (selection)

picture books

  • The hare in the moon. Illustrations: Katrin Engelking. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2000, ISBN 3-7891-6951-X .
  • Desert friends. Illustrations: Katrin Engelking. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2002, ISBN 3-7891-6952-8 .
  • My picture book treasure - of witches, rabbits and big dreams. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, ISBN 3-7891-6616-2 .
  • Then I'll go now, said time. tulipan, 2020. ISBN 3-86429-461-4 . Illustrations by Julie Völk.

First reading books

1st reading level: 1./2. class

  • Anna wants a dog. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 1995; NA 2010; Illustrations by Kathrin Engelking, ISBN 3-7891-1217-8 .
  • The teddy bear machine. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 1997. Illustrations by Katrin Engelking, ISBN 3-7891-1131-7 .
  • Maja and Lena are whisper world champions. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 1998. Illustrations by Katrin Engelking, ISBN 3-7891-1127-9 .
  • Two friends for Anna. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2005 Illustrations: Marion Elitez, ISBN 3-7891-1174-0 .
  • Anna goes to the sea. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2007 Illustrations: Marion Elitez, ISBN 3-7891-0635-6 .
  • Anna is celebrating her birthday. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2008. Illustrations by Marion Elitez, ISBN 3-7891-1190-2 .

2nd reading level 2nd / 3rd class

  • Jonas is getting a divorce. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 1995 Illustrations by Kerstin Meyer, ISBN 3-7891-0505-8 .
  • Gustav lives here. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 1996 Illustrations by Lieve Baeten , ISBN 3-7891-0508-2 .
  • Julian and the Mamapapa. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 1997. Illustrations by Kerstin Meyer, ISBN 3-7891-0523-6 .
  • The show-off pill. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 1999. Illustrations by Katrin Engelking, ISBN 3-7891-0551-1 .
  • First me a bit, then you - dolphins . chj. 2013.

Nick volumes

  • Don't be afraid of green people. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2000. Illustrations by Daniela Kulot, ISBN 3-7891-0568-6 .
  • Don't be afraid of castle ghosts. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2001 Illustrations by Daniela Kulot, ISBN 3-7891-0583-X .
  • Nick and his favorite animal. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2003. Illustrations by Barbara Scholz, ISBN 3-7891-0594-5 .
  • Nick and the new teacher. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2004. Illustrations by Barbara Scholz
  • Nick and the big race. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2005. Illustrations by Barbara Scholz
  • Nick and the Christmas Angel. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2007. Illustrations by Barbara Scholz

Duden reading detectives

Children's book from 6

Children's book from 8/9

Marlene volumes

  • Because of sweet. dtv junior, 2002 (Children's Book of the Month September) Illustrations by Stefanie Scharnberg
  • Marlene robber chief wife. dtv junior, 2004 illustrations by Stefanie Scharnberg.
  • Marlene and the Avengers Club. dtv junior, 2006. Illustrations by Stefanie Scharnberg

Single track

  • Mom, Dad and the new ones. TB cbj, 2010 black vignettes by Iris Hardt, ISBN 978-3-570-22106-8 .
  • Sputnik. Bloomsbury, 2011. Illustrations by Sabine Kranz, ISBN 978-3-8270-5390-9 .
  • The little witch Ida. 2011. Illustrations by Barbara Korthues, ISBN 3-570-13944-1 .
  • Laurin, the castle ghost. 2012. cbj. Illustrations by Barbara Korthues, ISBN 978-3-570-15404-5 .
  • The raccoon clan - a boy scout adventure. 2015, Thienemann. Illustrations by Barbara Scholz
  • The raccoon clan - our tent camp adventure, 2016, Thienemann. Illustrations by Barbara Scholz.
  • PAW - an (almost) perfect dog . cbj, 2017. Illustrations by Barbara Scholz.
  • PAW - An ear for all cases cbj 2018, ISBN 978-3-570-17568-2 Illustrations by Barbara Scholz
  • PAW - A pug goes wild, cbj 2019, ISBN 978-3-570-17629-0 Illustrations by Barbara Scholz
  • Nuris big number , dtv hanser 2019, ISBN 978-3-423-64053-4 Illustrations by Gitte Spee

Children's book from 10

  • Manon's grandma. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 1994 TB dtv junior, 1996.
  • Letters to America. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 1996.
  • Lina and the weirdos. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 1997.
  • End of the rainy season. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 1997.
  • A tiger mini for Pia. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2000.
  • Designer baby. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, 2003, TB Nora, designed by Genosan. dtv junior, 2006, ISBN 3-7891-4432-0 .
  • Parents to give away. Gabriel, 2008. With illustrations by Barbara Scholz
  • Welcome back, grandpa. Gabriel, 2010. With illustrations by Barbara Scholz, ISBN 978-3-522-30167-1 .
  • I'd love to be - How Sophie forgot her shyness. Gabriel, 2011, ISBN 978-3-522-30243-2 .
  • Once number one. Gabriel, 2012, ISBN 978-3-522-30281-4 .
  • Matchstick castles. Bloomsbury, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8270-5507-1 .

Youth book / All Ages

broadcast

  • When Weather Was Wildlife , radio play by Werner Cee, SWR2 2020: Cloud Songs, poetry in English. Nominated for Prix Marulic 2020.
  • Gesänge des Charon , radio play by Werner Cee, Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Text editing and translation from Italian.
  • La Mattanza , sound art feature by Werner Cee, SWR2 2016: Text and translations from Italian.
  • Good climate in Teufels Küche , political feature by Werner Cee and Bettina Obrecht. SWR 2018, text.

as well as the texts for numerous short radio plays, music features, soundscapes, radio stories for SWR2, hr2, DRS.

literature

  • Bartholomäus Figatowski: Where a child has never been before ... - Childhood and youth images in science fiction for young readers. Bonn 2012, ISBN 978-3-929386-35-6 , pp. 296-319. [to Obrecht's children's novel "Designer Baby"]

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personal data
SURNAME Obrecht, Bettina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author of children's and young people's books
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Loerrach