Brigitte Birnbaum

Brigitte Birnbaum (born May 29, 1938 in Elbing ) is a German writer, children's and young adult book author.

After graduating from high school, Birnbaum trained as a pharmacy assistant. She then studied literature for three years at the Leipzig Literature Institute , after which she became an antiquarian bookseller. She has been a freelance writer in Schwerin since 1968. From 2003 she lived in Hamburg , since 2013 she has lived in Schwerin again.

Fiction

• Ernst Barlach . Approximations. Demmler Verlag, Schwerin 1996. ISBN 3-910150-32-2
• Fontane in Mecklenburg. Demmler Verlag, Schwerin 1994. ISBN 3-910150-22-5
• Walks through Güstrow . A city guide. Thon, Schwerin 1992. ISBN 3-928820-10-9 (photos by Peter Reinhard)

Books for children and young readers

• Bert, the loner. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1962
• Travel to August. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1967 (illustrations by Kurt Klamann )
• Winter without a father. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1977
• From tomorrow I will be an artist. A story from the life of Heinrich Zille . Kinderbuchverlag Berlin 1977 (edition for FRG and West Berlin under the title: The Brush Heinrich. A Zille story for children , Elefanten Press 1986, ISBN 3-88520-217-4 )
• The seven-day diary. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1981
• The dog with the certificate. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1971 (illustrations by Maria Radoslavova-Finger)
• Lions on the bank stairs. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1981 (illustrations by Konrad Golz)
• Tintarolo. A book for children about Käthe Kollwitz with drawings by Käthe Kollwitz. Elefanten Press, Berlin (West) 1981. ISBN 3-88520-059-7
• Alexander in Tsarskoje , children's book publisher, Berlin 1982 (story about the childhood of Alexander Pushkin )
• Kathush. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1986 (about the childhood and youth of Käthe Kollwitz )
• Just ask Melanie! Children's book publisher, Berlin 1987. ISBN 3-358-00051-6
• About someone who set out to look for new parents and other stories. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1989. ISBN 3-358-01242-5
• The painters from Ostbahnstrasse . From the life of Hans and Lea Grundig . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1990. ISBN 3-358-01556-4
• Against the little murderers. Kiro-Verlag, Schwedt 1994. ISBN 3-929220-18-0
• It's far from summer. Reinhard Thon publishing house, Schwerin 1998
• The cuckoo in the car. EDITION digital, Schwerin 2018 (illustrations by Tina Halm). ISBN 978-395655-879-5

Awards

• 1977 Fritz Reuter Prize of the Schwerin district
• 1985 Art Prize of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship

Web links

• Literature by and about Brigitte Birnbaum in the catalog of the German National Library