Helene Kynast

Helene Kynast (* 1942 in Litzmannstadt ) is a German author for children and young people.

Life

Born in Poland to a German family, but fled to the West before the end of the war, Helene Kynast grew up in the Sauerland . After spending two years on a farm in Iceland and some time in Paris, she returned to Germany and studied German and philosophy in Düsseldorf . Her first book, Alles Bolero , received an award. Sunshine (2002), the story of a terminally ill with leukemia young man who wants to experience freedom again, was also awarded prizes.

Awards

• Oldenburg Youth Book Prize 1997 for Alles Bolero
• Silver spring 2003 for Sunshine
• Evangelical Book Prize 2004 for Sunshine

Works

• Close to you (maze crime thriller)
• Dance for me (labyrinth crime thriller) ISBN 3-522-17954-4
• Everything bolero. , ISBN 3-473-58101-1
• Sunshine. Munich 2005, ISBN 3-570-30260-1
• Ana & Paul? , Omnibus, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-570-26149-2
• Cupid & Co.
• The faceless girl. ISBN 3-522-17704-5
• Seventh heaven, free fall.
• James Dean, Werther and me. ISBN 3-473-58215-8

Web links

• Literature by and about Helene Kynast in the catalog of the German National Library