International children's and youth literature at the Berlin International Literature Festival 2011
The 11th International Literature Festival Berlin with its festival section International Children's and Young People's Literature took place from September 7th to 17th, 2011. The main venue was the Haus der Berliner Festspiele . 21 authors and illustrators were guests of the children and youth program.
Guests
| Author or illustrator | nationality | books presented at the festival |
|---|---|---|
| Amir | Iran / USA | Zahra's Paradise - The Green Revolution in Iran and a Mother's Search for Her Son / Zahra's Paradise (2011) |
| Azouz Begag | France | Tranches de vie (2008) |
| Melvin Burgess | Great Britain | Nicholas Dane (2011) |
| Maite Carranza | Spain | The she-wolf clan (2007) / El Clan de la Lob (2005), A magical summer night (2011) / Magia de una noche de Veran (2009) |
| Chen Chih-Yuan | Taiwan | Gui-Gui, the Little Entodil (2008) / Guji-Guj (2003), Little Walk (2010) / Hsiao-Yü San Bu (2001) |
| Chirikurs Chirikurs | Zimbabwe | different narratives |
| DBC Pierre | Australia | Jesus of Texas (2004) / Vernon God Little (2003) |
| Kitty Crowther | Belgium | The visit from little death (2011) / La visite de petit mort (2004), Annie (2011) / Annie du lac (2009) |
| Julia Donaldson | Great Britain | Der Gruffalo / The Gruffalo (1999), Das Gruffelokind / The Gruffalo's Child (2004) |
| Michael Ende | Germany | Retrospective: Momo (1973) |
| Morris Gleitzman | Australia | Once (2009) / Once (2005), Then (2011) / Then (2008), Now / Jetzt (2010) |
| Peter Härtling | Germany | Paul, the house child (2010) |
| Finn-Ole Heinrich | Germany | Robber hands (2007), Yesterday was already a day (2009), Frerk, you dwarf! (2011) |
| Tahar Ben Jelloun | Morocco / France | Dad, what is Islam? / L'Islam expliqué aux enfant (2003), The fruits of anger (2007) / Les raisins de la galère (1996) |
| Khalil | Iran / USA | Zahra's Paradise - The Green Revolution in Iran and a Mother's Search for Her Son (2011) |
| Manos Kontoleon | Greece | Aspassia's brother / O adelfos tis Aspassia (2010), Powerless Angel / Anishiros angelos (2010) |
| Gerður Kristný | Iceland | The Last Night of the Year (2011) / Garðurinn (2008) |
| Agnes de Lestrade | France | The big word factory (2010) / La grande fabrique de mots (2009) |
| Frida Nilsson | Sweden | Me, Gorilla and the Monkey Star ( 2010) / Apstjärnan (2005) |
| François Place | France | The king of the four winds (2008) / Le roi des trois Orients (2006), Gwen, the apprentice of the healer (2011) / La douane volante (2010), Grand ours (2005), Fantastic journeys / Atlas des géographes d'Orbae (1996-2000) |
| Axel Scheffler | Germany / Great Britain | Der Gruffalo / The Gruffalo (1999), Das Gruffelokind / The Gruffalo's Child (2004) |
| Jenny Valentine | Great Britain | The ant colony / The Ant Colony (2009), The Second Life of Cassiel Road Night (2011) / The Double Life of Cassiel Road Night (2010) |
| Edward van de Vendel | Netherlands | Der Glücksfinder (2011) / De gelukvinde (2008), Be Dear, Superguppy! (2011) / Superguppie krijgt kleintjes (2005) |
| Suse Weisse | Germany | different narratives |
| Robert Williams | Great Britain | Luke and Jon (2010) |
General
The two artists Amir and Khalil could not travel to Berlin for political reasons. They presented their book to the Berlin audience through a Skype conference. A retrospective reading took place on Michael Ende's Momo . Various texts by the author Manos Kontoleon were translated exclusively for the festival. The program for children and young people opened with a reading by the French author Agnès de Lestrade, who presented her book The Great Word Factory .
Press review
“The International Children's and Young People's Literature section [...] proved to be a crowd puller again this year. More than 700 enthusiastic guests watched the Gruffalo Show by Axel Scheffler and Julia Donaldson alone . One of the audience favorites was Finn-Ole Heinrich with his book Frerk, du Zwerg . Bloomsbury celebrated the release of the book illustrated by Icelandic artist Rán Flygering as part of the festival with a party in the author's tent. Authors such as François Place, Jenny Valentine , Morris Gleitzman , Kitty Crowther , Frida Nilsson and Robert Williams also ensured a full house. One of the many highlights of this section was the presentation of the graphic novel Zarah's Paradise by Amir and Khalil from Knesebeck Verlag . The German-Iranian artist Hamed Eshrat presented the book about the Green Revolution in Iran and a mother's search for her son in conversation with the moderator Shelly Kupferberg. Amir and Khalil, who now live in California and write under a pseudonym, could not travel to Berlin themselves because they have to remain anonymous for political reasons. A moving moment was the live connection to Amir and Khalil, who sat in front of the PC at three o'clock in the morning to answer the questions of the German students. An experience for everyone involved. "
Web links
- Website , Facebook presence , Twitter presence and YouTube presence of the children and youth program
- 2011 program