Bjarne Reuter

Bjarne Bertram Reuter (born April 29, 1950 in Brønshøj , Copenhagen , Denmark ) is a Danish writer . He has been honored with almost all Danish literary prizes and numerous international awards. Some of the written books have been filmed.

In Germany he was first known for his children's books, with which he is in the tradition of Scandinavian children's book authors.

It was only with his novels Das Zimthaus and Die Himmelsstürmer that his novels for adults found a large readership.

Awards

• 1988: De Gyldne Laurbær
• 1988: German Children's Radio Play Award - Honorable Mention for "You can't pick someone like me from the trees, says Buster"
• 1990: Mildred L. Batchelder Award for "Buster's World"
• 1995: Mildred L. Batchelder Award for "The Boys from St.Petri"
• 1997: Søren Gyldendal Prize
• 2000: German Youth Literature Prize for "Hodder der Nachtschwärmer"
• 2001: Bronzener Lufti of the 2nd prize round for "You can't pick someone like me from the trees, says Buster"
• 2003: Reading Peter October for "Operation Mikado"
• 2003: Book of the month by the Institute for Youth Literature for "Prince Faisal's Ring"
• 2005: Læsernes bogpris and Danske Bank Literature Prize for Løgnhalsen fra Umbrien ( Eng . The Liar of Umbria . Heyne, Munich 2005)

Works

(in brackets the year of the German first edition)

• Kidnapping (1978)
• You can't pick someone like me from the trees, says Buster (1987)
• The End of the Rainbow (1988)
• Kiss the Stars (1988)
• Is he coming soon? (1988)
• Both of us, Oskar ... forever (1991)
• ololol (1992)
• Lola (1995)
• Slap Captain Through the Night (1996)
• Captain Slap and King Bang (1997)
• Hodder, the night owl (1999) (German Youth Literature Prize)
• The Cinnamon House (1999)
• Slap Captain Through the Night (1999)
• A fakir for all cases (2000)
• The Sky Stormers (2000)
• Children's games (2000)
• At the end of the day (2000)
• The museum guard (2001)
• Prince Faisal's Ring (2002)
• The twelfth stage (2002)
• Freedom is Worth a Fight (2002)
• Anna Havana (2002)
• Hotel Marazul (2002)
• Operation Mikado (2003)
• The Dark Room (2003)
• The Liar of Umbria (2005)
• Operation Mikado (2009)

Filmography

script

• 1984: Buster the Magician ( Busters Verden )
• 1984: Twist & Shout
• 1984: Zappa
• 1987: Pelle, the conqueror
• 1991: The boys of St. Petri ( Drengene fra Skt Petri )
• 1993: The hunt for the magic water wheel ( Den korsikanske biskopen )

Literary template

• 2004: The fakir
• 2002: Hodder saves the world

Web links

• Bjarne Reuter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Bjarne Reuter in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Bjarne Reuter at perlentaucher.de