Gerda Wagener

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Gerda Wagener (* 1953 ; † 1998 ) was a German author of children's and youth literature whose works have been translated into numerous other languages.

Life

She had studied social pedagogy and German language and literature in Essen . Subsequently, she worked in adult education from 1977 and was deputy director of a Catholic family education center .

In the mid- 1980s Gerda Wagener published articles in educational journals and began her writing career as an author of children's and youth literature. Her first big success was the children's book Typisch Mama in 1987 .

Her books have been translated into numerous other languages ​​such as Finnish , Swedish , Dutch , French , Slovenian and Italian .

Gerda Wagener lived in Wuppertal and died in a traffic accident in June 1998 while on a reading tour.

bibliography

Children's and young people's literature

  • Typical mom! (1987, 2nd edition 1988)
  • Billy and Tiger (1988)
  • The Moon Woman (1988)
  • Odilo (1988, 2nd edition 1999)
  • Klaus Nikolaus from next door (1989, 2nd edition 1993)
  • Leo lion . Illustrations : Reinhard Michl (1989, 2nd edition 1993, 3rd edition 2011)
  • When Warthogs Dance (1992), A Little Brother for Josephine (1992)
  • Timo the polar bear (1992)
  • The Rabbit Woman (1993)
  • The tiny rabbit and his friends (1993, 2nd edition 2006)
  • Pina and the Treasure of Gold (1993, 2nd edition 1994)
  • Little wolf . With pictures by Józef Wilkoń (1993)
  • Willy (1994)
  • The Tiny Rabbit and the Fox (1994)
  • Lorenzo . With pictures by Sabine Wiemers . Albarello Verlag, 1994. ISBN 3-930299-01-1
  • Fetzer chases the mouse . With pictures by Uli Waas . (1995, 2nd edition 1998)
  • The Mysterious Night (1995)
  • My grandpa is great (1996)
  • Vampirchen is afraid of the dark (1996)
  • Olli, Marco and Giant Baby's Gang (1996)
  • Tina's class is haunted! (1997)
  • Sara and the Indian (1997)
  • Eli, the flying elephant child . With pictures by Sabine Wiemers. Albarello Verlag, 1997. ISBN 3-930299-17-8
  • The Gardener Has No Alibi (1997)
  • Seaman's yarn for Lena and the Klabautermann (1997)
  • The Little Bunny Makes Music (1998)

Published posthumously :

  • Detective Club Spürnase (1999)
  • Indian stories (1999)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nordpark-verlag.de Short biography of Gerda Wagener

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personal data
SURNAME Wagener, Gerda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author of children's and youth literature
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
DATE OF DEATH 1998