Henry Euler

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Heinrich Henry Euler (born February 12, 1947 in Lauterbach ; † March 11, 2018 there ) was a German children's book illustrator and writer .

Henry Euler (2009)

Life

Henry Euler was born as the son of the engine driver Wilhelm Euler and his wife Elise in Lauterbach / Hessen. He spent his childhood in the 1950s in the villages of Maar and Landenhausen near Lauterbach.

He studied pedagogy and the subjects German, art education and music at the University of Giessen . His marriage to Waltraud Euler had four children. Euler took up additional studies in special education at the University of Marburg and became a teacher at special schools in Fulda , Lauterbach and Herbstein .

Inspired by old children's books, he began to illustrate while still working as a teacher. His first work 'The Flight of the Animals' remained unpublished. However, the publisher Claus-Jürgen-Frank became aware of Euler's painting style. In 1987 Euler's children's book 'The Secret of Mice' was published by Tomus-Verlag (Bertelsmann) in Munich, which received great attention nationwide and was presented on television. The text was written by Elke Kahlert, inspired by Euler's pictures. Euler had previously published the cookbook 'Die Vitalstofffreiche Vollwertkost nach Dr. Bruker 'illustrated. Ilse Gutjahr wrote the text. Two years later the children's book 'Die Koselmühle' with text by Gudrun Pausewang was published by Patmos Verlag . The book can be described as Euler's best-known illustration work and appeared in 2013 as a new edition. In the following years Euler published four religious children's books together with Rolf Krenzer at Echter-Verlag, Würzburg. In 1998 the same publisher published the children's book 'Was rumpelt in der Rumpalkammer?', For the first time with short stories and puzzles as well as illustrations in the form of puzzle pictures. In 1997 Euler illustrated a cookbook by Josef Imbach 'What Popes and Prelates tasted'. During these years, thirteen articles by the artist appeared in the children's magazine 'The Colorful Dog' (Beltz & Gelberg) in the form of illustrations, riddle poems and short stories. Texts and an illustration were published in two school books.

At the beginning of the 21st century, Euler illustrated and wrote the children's book 'Butzemann Nichtnutzemann', which did not find a publisher because the publishers judged the work to be too expensive because of the colored illustration. Euler then published art postcards with cityscapes, etc. a. from Fulda, Bremen and Berlin.

After retiring, Euler began writing historical novels for teenagers and adults. The novels 'Die Totenkopfbande' (childhood in the 1950s in the village) and 'Pudding Explosion' (story of a beat band) had previously been published. In 2010 the first volume of a trilogy of historical novels called BUCHONIA was published. The action of 'Buchonia-Mechthild' takes place in the early Middle Ages. The second volume appeared two years later and is entitled 'Buchonia-Georgia'. The topic is an emigration from Hessen to North America in 1850. The third volume, 'Buchonia-Paula', deals with the end of the war in Hessen in 1945 and was published in 2015.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions of his illustrations took place a. a. in the Klingspormuseum Offenbach (1987), University Museum Marburg (1990), Wilhelmsburg Castle, Schmalkalden (1990), Gerolzhofen Town Hall (1995), Weimar City Library (1996), Lauterbach and Alsfeld Museum (1990, 2008) and Fulda University and State Library (2010) ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice. In: vrm-trauer.de. March 31, 2018, accessed June 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Euler, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Euler, Heinrich (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German children's book illustrator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauterbach
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 2018
Place of death Lauterbach