Claudia Rueda
Claudia Rueda (born July 28, 1965 in Bogotá , Colombia ) is a Colombian author and illustrator for children's books .
Life
Rueda grew up in Bogotá, where she studied Roman law and art at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia . Her own illustrations on the subject of Roman law and art made her thesis something extraordinary for the otherwise very dry world of lawyers.
In 1997 Rueda went to the USA with her husband, a systems engineer . She herself wanted to study computer graphics and enrolled in California at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in illustration for children . At the University of Cambridge in England , she completed her studies in the subject Creative Writing with the Master title from.
Today Rueda lives in Bogotà again. Some of her more than ten children's books were first published in English. There are transmissions from Spain, Mexico and Germany as well as in other foreign languages.
honors and awards
- 2006: Honor list of the Colombian IBBY country group
- 2009: Oppenheim Platinum Award
Publications
- Text by Deborah Underwood: Here Comes Valentine Cat . Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, USA 2016, ISBN 978-0-525429159 .
- with Deborah Underwood: Here Comes the Easter Cat . Dial Books 2014, ISBN 978-0-8037-3939-0 .
- German: Permit the Easter cat . Loewe, Bindlach 2016, ISBN 978-3-7855-8489-7 .
- Huff & Puff: Can You Blow Down the Houses of the Three Little Pigs? Abrams Appleseed, New York 2012, ISBN 978-1-4197-0170-2 .
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Todo es relativo . Oceano Travesia Mexico, Mexico City 2011.
- German by Claudia Rueda: Pretty big and pretty small . Gerstenberg, Hildesheim, ISBN 978-3-8369-5478-5 .
- No. in spanish language. Oceano Travesia Mexico, Mexico City 2010, ISBN 978-607400158-7 .
- Un día de lluvia . Oceano Travesia Mexico, Mexico City 2008, ISBN 978-6074000153 .
- ¡Vaya apetito tiene el zorrito! Editores RBA Libros, SerreS, Barcelona 2007, ISBN 978-84-7871-661-6 .
- Let's Play in the Forest While the Wolf is Not Around . Scholastic Press, New York 2006, ISBN 0-439-82323-4 .
Illustrations
- Nacho and Lolita by Pam Muñoz Ryan . Scholastic Press, New York City, USA 2005, ISBN 0-439-26968-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Little mouse, really big. ( Memento from June 26, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . May 3, 2013, p. 15.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rueda, Claudia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian author and illustrator of children's books |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bogotá , Colombia |