Heike Laufenburg

Heike Laufenburg (born May 17, 1961 in Düsseldorf ) is a German artist , illustrator and author .

Life

After graduating from a girls' secondary school, she decided to do a social year at the Melanchtonkirche day care center. In 1981 she graduated from high school and finished her teacher training at the Lore Lorentz School. In 1983 she got the publishing traineeship and in 1985 her training as a lecturer. From 1980 to 1995 she worked for the Zwiebelzwerg Verlag . Since 1998 Heike Laufenburg has been working as an artist and u. a. as an illustrator of books.

She is married to Gregor Schell and has three children.

job

Heike Laufenburg prefers to publish her works as a book illustrator and has so far published around 300 books. She often publishes her artistic work on her own website.

From 1980 to 1985 Laufenburg was editor-in-chief of Caspar, the magazine for peace with children. There she worked with various social scientists, u. a. with Hans A. Pestalozzi and actively worked for children's rights.

In 1987 she published the well-known youth novel Tohuwabohus Tanz im Kopf . The third edition was published in 2006 (15,000 copies). After the first edition appeared, it was published as a book for the blind by the Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt. In 1995 the title was chosen as the book of the week by Neue Westfälische . As editor she is responsible for a book series with anthologies. 50 different titles have now appeared. She has also been publishing these titles as free e-books on the Internet for several years. Since autumn 2007 Heike Laufenburg has been illustrating a 30-volume book series with Turkish legends for children and adults in collaboration with the Zwiebelzwerg Verlag and Prof. Necati Demir (Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey) and Ibrahim Özbakir (Cumhuruyiet University Sivas, Turkey).

Since 2005 Heike Laufenburg has been working intensively with themed galleries on the Internet, which she publishes on her own websites. Starting in 2010, the artist will publish her own edition in which books by various authors with their illustrations and integrated original images appear in hand-decorated book editions in small editions as unique items (Edition Heike Laufenburg). Since 2012 she has been publishing the literary magazine Literaturblick together with Gregor Schell .

Works

The little poppy, children's book, 2016
Spiritual summit experience, poetry book, 2012
Willebadessener Wesen, artist book, 2010
Summer Flower Land, photo poetry book for children, 2010
Elfen in Willebadessen, photo poetry book for children, 2008
Feen in Willebadessen, Kunst Bilder-Poyrikbuch, 2006
Dwarfs in Willebadessen, art book, 2005
Tohuwabohus Tanz im Kopf, youth book, 1987 (1st edition)

Illustrations

Illustration of two book series with Turkish legends, a total of 30 volumes from 2007
Illustrations from over 500 books

Editor (together with Schell, Gregor)

A Scar Left Behind, Anthology, 1987
Too bad you have to go, anthology, 1988
You hurt me, anthology, 1988
It must be love, anthology, 1988
Autumn thunderstorm over roofs, anthology, 1988
Like a Tree being felled, anthology, 1988
Von Till and other animals, anthology, 1988
Kleiner Fratz, anthology, 1989
Those are the strong in life who forget their own suffering and make others happy, anthology, 1989
Heart palpitations again and again, anthology, 1989
Christmas Mouse, anthology, 1989
From the witch and the dwarf, anthology, 1989
Memories of a Heimat, anthology, 1990
... it can't be a coincidence, anthology, 1990
It's snowing in my mind, anthology, 1990
Swallows roam the land, anthology, 1990
I love myself crazy - lyrics about love; 1990
Far Beyond the Rainbow, anthology, 1990
When the end is not far ..., anthology, 1990
Testimony Day, anthology, 1990
Secret love, anthology, 1991
I look for you in every face, anthology, 1991
Human Young, anthology, 1992
Like soap bubbles that burst, anthology, 1992
Spring Awakening, anthology, 1993
Midnight Whispers, Anthology, 1993
Never more than you went, a cut ever so deep, anthology, 1993
Farewell forever, anthology, 1994
Thanks for your time, anthology, 1994
I love you, anthology, 1995
Tingling in the stomach, anthology, 1995
There are people you will never forget, anthology, 1996
Friedhofgedanken, anthology, 1997
We are foreigners: almost everywhere, anthology, 1997
Infinite longing for you, anthology, 1998
Don't be afraid, anthology, 1999
In thoughts with you, anthology, 2000
You are my everything, anthology, 2001
Christmas Dream, anthology, 2001
Cried with happiness, anthology, 2001
I won't leave you alone, anthology, 2001
In the single-handed sailor on the Styx, anthology, 2005
Always more, anthology, anthology, 2005
A book full of fairy tales and animal stories, anthology, 2006
You give him wings just with a kiss ..., anthology, 2006
Dream of the moment - the escape into trance, anthology, 2007
30 years onion dwarf, anthology, 2008
The Ship of Fools - not an avant-garde, 2010
Not a moment with you, 2011
Forever and you, 2011
Death whispers in a hoarse voice, 2014

Contributions

Death whispers in a hoarse voice, 2014
Forever and you, 2011
Not a moment with you, 2011
The Ship of Fools - not an avant-garde, 2010
30 years onion dwarf, anthology 2008
Dream of the moment - the escape into trance, anthology 2007
You give me wings just with a kiss ..., anthology 2006
A book full of fairy tales and animal stories, anthology, 2006
In the single-handed sailor on the Styx, anthology, 2005
Always more, anthology, 2005
Cried with happiness, anthology, 2001
I won't leave you alone, anthology, 2001
Children's rights, non-fiction, 1995
It can't be a coincidence, anthology, 1990
You hurt me, anthology, 1988
A Scar Left Behind, Anthology, 1987
Never Joke a Child, Nonfiction, 1983
Editor-in-chief and regular articles, Caspar, 1980–1985

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Laufenburg, Heike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist, illustrator and author
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf