Hans Jürgen Press
Hans Jürgen Press (born May 15, 1926 in Klein Konopken in Masuria , † October 19, 2002 in Hamburg ) was a German writer and illustrator.
Life
After Hans Jürgen Press - without ever having been in the war - was taken prisoner by the Americans, he was interned in the United States and then in England. His artistic talent helped him that he was spared from the war effort and was able to make sketches on site in Texas and Louisiana. Wall frescoes in the officers' mess in Building 98 in Marfa (Texas) have been partially preserved; they have been listed as a national monument since 2004 and are a sight.
Press moved to Hamburg in 1948 , where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts . He became known as a cartoonist, illustrator and children's book author. From 1953 he drew and wrote for Sternchen , the children's supplement to the magazine Stern , initially mainly search pictures, games and handicraft tips, but also small experiments and natural history observations. From 1960 onwards, The Adventures of the Black Hand , Mitrate thrillers combined from image and text, appeared there in sequels, in which questions were asked in the text that could be resolved by closely observing details in Press' drawings. Finally, on January 3, 1965, his character “ Little Herr Jakob ” made his debut , also in the star : a little man of indeterminable age with a mustache and bowler hat , who initially existed wordlessly in comic strips that were later provided with rhyming comments.
Press published numerous puzzle and game books as well as books on the subjects of nature and knowledge. He is considered one of the inventors of hidden objects , who hid many details in his full-page illustrations for puzzle books. His books have been translated into over 60 foreign languages. In 2002, the year he died, his books had a total circulation of 5.5 million. I.a. In 1985 he was awarded the Goldenes Taschenbuch cultural award. Some of his stories found their way into German school books. Two of his series have also been evaluated for television: The adventures of the »black hand « from 1974 on the ARD children's program (using filmed illustrations and spoken text) and from 2005 on the pay-TV channel Junior Der kleine Herr Jakob , a series of Short animated films, produced in Great Britain 1996–99.
His son Julian Press is also a writer and illustrator.
Works
- From 1953 regular collaboration as an author and illustrator in Sternchen , children's supplement to the Illustrierte Stern
- Marion Lindt: Scraper-Scraper. East Prussian humor in poetry and prose , with drawings by Hans Jürgen Press, 1953
- Game that Creates Knowledge , 1964
- The adventures of the »black hand« , 1965 - also audio book, from May 13th 1974 ARD television series in “ Plumpaquatsch ”; Book of the month November 2003
- Fun and games at the children's festival , 1966
- Fun and games for redskins and pale faces , 1966
- Game That Creates Knowledge , Large Edition, 1967
- 1000 points: In the circus , 1967
- 1000 points on the farm , 1967
- My little friend Jakob , 1967
- On the trail of nature , 1972
- 1000 points with little bears , 1974
- 1000 points on safari , 1978
- 1000 points for felt pen friends , 1978
- Secrets of everyday life (discoveries in nature and technology), 1977
- Picture lotto with cat and mouse , 1984
- December book , 1984
- 1000 points: Little Stories , 1986
- Little Mr. Jakob - without words , 1983
- 1000 points in a fairy tale , 1992
- Jacob's Adventure , 1992
- 1000 points in Super Games and Fun , 1997
- 1000 points in the city , 1998
- 1000 points: From the lucky bag , 2000
- The hot lead. Over 50 guessing stories and puzzle pictures , 2002
- December 31 surprises. Games and puzzles for winter and Christmas days , 2003
- Puzzle fun for snoopers , 2004
- A puzzle journey through the year , 2007
- School puzzle fun , 2009
- The great 1000 point fun , 2009
literature
- Hans Jürgen Press. In: Gerhard Haas: Children's and youth literature. 3. Edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-15-010325-8 .
- A little man - a little child. In: The star. No. 45/2002, November 7, 2002.
- Holger Vallinga u. Eckart Sackmann: Hans Jürgen Press. In: Eckart Sackmann (Ed.): Deutsche Comicforschung 2013. Volume 9. comicplus +, Hildesheim 2012, ISBN 978-3894742324 , pp. 133–142.
- Christian Stottele: The drawing world of Hans Jürgen Press. In: youth book magazine. 42nd vol., No. 2, Essen 1992, pp. 69-71.
- Hans Jürgen Press. In: Rudolf Meyer-Bremen (Hrsg.): Artist Lexicon East Prussia and West Prussia. Verlag der Kunst, Husum 2012, ISBN 978-3-86530-152-9 , p. 133 and p. 146.
- Hans Jürgen Press. In: Winfried Christian Schmitt: Die Edition-Millionär (encounters, conversations and experiences with 44 writers). Gauke, Hann. Münden 1988, ISBN 3-87998-075-6 , pp. 180ff.
- Hans Jürgen Press, in: The narrative children's and youth literature in transition, v. Anna Krüger, 1980, 283 p., Diesterweg-Verlag;
- Hans Jürgen Press, in: Taschenbuch der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, v. Günter Lange, 2000, 1115 pages, Schneider-Verlag, Hohengehren,
Web links
- Hans Jürgen Press. literaturkreisel.eu, archived from the original on May 23, 2013 ; Retrieved December 5, 2016 .
- Ruth Geede : On the death of Hans Jürgen Press . In: The Ostpreussenblatt / Preuss. General Newspaper. November 16, 2002, p. 20.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Press, Hans Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, illustrator and children's book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klein Konopken , Masuria |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 2002 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |