Federica de Cesco

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Federica de Cesco (born March 23, 1938 in Pordenone , Italy ) is a Swiss writer .

Life

Federica de Cesco was born in 1938 in Friuli , northern Italy, to an Italian father and a German mother . She grew up multilingual and speaks fluent Italian, German and French, as she lived with her parents in Ethiopia, Italy, France, Northern Germany and Belgium during the Second World War . She studied art history and psychology at the University of Liège . In 1962 Federica de Cesco moved to Switzerland; she lives in Lucerne today . She has been married to the Japanese photographer Kazuyuki Kitamura since 1971. From her first marriage to a Swiss woman, she has two children, Manuela Federica and Marc-Daniel.

She is a globetrotter herself and for a while also lived with the Tuareg - a nomadic people in the Sahara . She has processed her travel experiences and her folklore knowledge in several books, to which her husband contributed the photos. The protagonists of their stories are mostly self-confident girls who rebel against imposed norms. Federica de Cesco herself had, for example, B. Forbidden to wear trousers in school.

A film about her life by director Nino Jacusso was released on March 6, 2008 in Switzerland. Since 2013 she has been an adviser to the Lakota Foundation for the education of Lakota children.

Literary work

In German-speaking countries, Federica de Cesco is particularly well-known as the author of books for children and young people , which mostly tell of foreign countries, foreign cultures, religions or other worldviews. The main locations are Japan and North Africa, but also India and Tibet. At the age of 15 she wrote her first work, the Indian story The Red Silk Scarf , which was first published in 1957 in Belgium in French ( Le foulard rouge ). With over 50 published books for young people, Federica de Cesco is one of the most widely read authors for young people's books in the German-speaking world. Many students are familiar with the short story Spaghetti for Two (1975) from class. Since 1994 she has also been writing novels for adults.

Honors

  • 1962: Subside de l'Académie Royale de langue et de littérature française de Bruxelles
  • 1972 and 1978: Zilveren Griffel , Netherlands
  • 1982 and 1986: Book of the Month, Germany
  • 1986: Bookworm Award , Germany

Works

Books for children and young readers

  • The red silk scarf . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1957
  • Dispute over Kim. A horse story . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1958
  • The flood is coming! Swiss youth, Solothurn 1960
  • After the monsoon . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1960
  • The lights of Tokyo . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1961
  • The year with Kenja. My first riding experiences . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1962
  • The moon horse . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1963
  • Pablo and the cowboys . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1963
  • Manolo . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1964
  • The Prince of Mexico . Benziger, Zurich 1965
  • Summer, sun, wild horses . 2010
  • Sons of the prairie . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1965
  • In the wind of the Camargue . Benziger, Zurich 1966
  • The Acapulco cliffs . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1967
  • The turquoise bird . Benziger, Zurich 1967
  • Free as the sun . Benziger, Zurich 1969
  • The mountain of the great eagle . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1970
  • A horse for me . Benziger, Zurich 1970
  • What do you know about us? Benziger, Zurich 1971
  • Two suns in the sky . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1972
  • Stars over hot sand . Benziger, Zurich 1973
  • The trail leads to Stockholm . Benziger, Zurich 1973 (Emi & Tina, Volume 1)
  • The one-eyed stallion and other horse stories . Swiss youth, Solothurn 1974
  • The secret of the golden birds . Benziger, Zurich 1974
  • The golden roofs of Lhasa . Neptun, Kreuzlingen 1974
  • The day Aiko disappeared . Benziger, Zurich 1974 (Emi & Tina, Volume 2)
  • Sami and the castle ghost . Photos by Kazuyuki Kitamura. Reich, Lucerne 1975
  • The secret of the Indian pearl . Benziger, Zurich, 1975
  • Venice can be dangerous . Benziger, Zurich, 1975 (Emi & Tina, Volume 3)
  • Courage has many faces. 11 stories for children . Rex, Lucerne 1976
  • Attention, Manuela is coming . Benziger, Zurich 1977
  • Ananda . Benziger, Zurich 1977; new as: Ananda and the revenge of the gods . Arena, Wuerzburg 2001
  • Kel Rela. In the heart of the Sahara . Neptun, Kreuzlingen 1977; Revised new version: Arena, Würzburg 2010
  • Malika and the white Mehari. A fairy tale from the Sahara . With linocuts by Christof Schalk. Neptun, Kreuzlingen, 1978
  • Horses, wind and sun . Huber, Frauenfeld 1978
  • Understanding has many faces . Rex, Lucerne 1978
  • Under the sign of the red sun . Benziger, Zurich / Cologne 1979 (Japan Trilogy, Volume 1), ISBN 3-545-33078-8 .
  • Under the sign of the heavenly bear . Benziger, Zurich 1980 (Japan Trilogy, Volume 2)
  • A bracelet made of blue jade . Benziger, Zurich 1981 (Emi & Tina, Volume 4)
  • Under the sign of the blue flame . Benziger, Zurich 1982 (Japan Trilogy, Volume 3)
  • The petrified fish . Benziger, Zurich 1982 (Emi & Tina, Volume 5)
  • Flaming star . Benziger, Zurich 1983
  • The ghost horse. The most exciting horse stories . Huber, Frauenfeld 1984
  • The golden horse . Benziger, Zurich 1984 (Emi & Tina, Volume 6)
  • Cold feet in spring . Benziger, Zurich 1984
  • Rider in the night . Aare, Solothurn 1984; new as: The Ride of Fate . Arena, Wuerzburg 2006
  • Tim and Tam. The secret of the black mask . Rex, Lucerne 1984
  • Aisha or the sun of life . Aare, Solothurn 1985
  • The song of the dolphins . Benziger, Zurich 1985
  • Friendship has many faces . Rex, Lucerne 1986
  • Sun arrow . Aare, Solothurn 1986
  • Felicitas and the secret in the basement . Aare, Solothurn 1987
  • Flowers in the river . Aare, Solothurn 1988
  • Samira, queen of the red tents . Aare, Solothurn 1988 (Samira, volume 1)
  • The Indian in 6b . Rex, Lucerne 1989
  • Samira, heiress of the Ihaggars . Aare, Solothurn 1989 (Samira, Volume 2)
  • The star sword . Benziger, Würzburg 1990 (anthology Japan Trilogy)
  • Judith and the light on the ship . Aare, Solothurn 1990
  • Samira, guardian of the blue mountains . Aare, Solothurn 1990 (Samira, Volume 3)
  • The wings of the falcon . Aare, Solothurn 1991
  • The flight of the falcon . Aare, Solothurn 1992 (continuation volume)
  • Ballerina's dream . Aare, Aarau 1994
  • Melina and the dolphins . Arena, Wuerzburg 1995
  • Far from Tibet . Aare, Aarau 1996
  • Mari rides like the wind . Arena, Wuerzburg 1997
  • Mila's magic song . Aare, Aarau 1997
  • Kerima - the way to freedom . Aare, Aarau 1998
  • The call of the elephants . Arena, Wuerzburg 1998
  • White crane over Tibet . Arena, Wuerzburg 1999
  • Shana, the wolf girl . Arena, Würzburg 2000
  • Anahita - in the land of the monsoons . Arena, Wuerzburg 2001
  • Sabrina. Decision in Mexico . Arena, Wuerzburg 2001
  • Aztec gold . Arena, Wuerzburg 2002
  • Hinani. Daughter of the desert . Arena, Wuerzburg 2002
  • Solal, the fire horse . Arena, Wuerzburg 2002
  • Daughter of the sea . Arena, Wuerzburg 2004
  • My summer with thunderbird . Arena, Wuerzburg 2005
  • Tara and the Riders of the Wind . Arena, Wuerzburg 2005
  • The Ride of Fate. Arena, Wuerzburg 2006
  • Wild horses in danger. Arena, Wuerzburg 2007
  • The great first communion story book . Rex, Lucerne 2008
  • The golden warrior . Bertelsmann, Munich 2009
  • Shana, the wolf girl and the call from afar . Arena, Wuerzburg 2013

Novels for adults

  • Silver clam . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1994.
  • Firewoman . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1995.
  • Silk dance . Marion von Schröder, Munich 1997.
  • The Tibetan woman . Marion von Schröder, Munich 1998.
  • Desert moon . Marion von Schröder, Munich 2000.
  • The daughter of the Tibetan woman . Marion von Schröder, Munich 2001.
  • The legacy of the eagle . Marion von Schröder, Munich 2003.
  • The butterfly's eyes . Blanvalet, Munich 2005.
  • In the heart of the Sahara . Heyne, Munich 2005. (New version of the youth book Kel Rela from 1977)
  • The dream hunter . Marion von Schröder, Munich 2006.
  • Shell silk . Blanvalet, Munich 2007.
  • The Tibetan woman's house . Blanvalet, Munich 2009.
  • Moon dancer . Blanvalet, Munich 2011.
  • Daughter of the wind . Blanvalet, Munich 2013.
  • The ninth sun . Europa-Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95890-009-7
  • The English lover . Europa-Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-95890-080-6

Non-fiction

  • Tuareg. Nomads of the Sahara . Mondo, Lausanne 1971
  • Morocco - between tradition and change . Hallwag, Bern 1976 (as "Federica Kitamura")
  • This is Switzerland. The big book of a small country . Neptun, Kreuzlingen 1976
  • Swiss festivals and customs . Colibri, Bern 1977
  • Viva Europe. The hundred most beautiful folk festivals . Popp, Würzburg 1981
  • Lake Geneva . Silva, Zurich 1989

Autobiography

  • Federica. My life - an adventure. Huber, Bern 1983

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lakota Foundation: Federica de Cesco new to the advisory board. Retrieved March 25, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Cesco, Federica de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Pordenone , Italy