Józef Wilkoń
Józef Wilkoń (born February 12, 1930 in Bogucice near Wieliczka) is a Polish painter, sculptor and picture maker , as well as author and illustrator of picture books of international standing. Since his debut with The Crane with One Leg (1963), more than 60 books with his illustrations have been published in German, including Tallula - Queen of the Night in 2012 . Because of his extraordinary illustrations, he is counted by the press as one of the “most productive and original artists of our time” (dog-eared). His general recognition as an artist is also reflected in his nomination on the "shortlist" for the German Youth Literature Prize (1964 and 1966) and winning the gold medal (1969) and the prize of honor (1973) at the Biennale of Illustrations in Bratislava and the Premio Grafico ( 1980 and 1991) at the Bologna Children's Book Fair .
life and work
Wilkoń studied painting at the Cracow School of Art and Art History at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (degree: 1954); between the two studies he spent a year in Paris . More than 100 books illustrated by him have been published in Polish. In addition to Polish, his books have been published in 14 languages (Bokmal, Chinese, Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Czech). Many of his picture books were created in collaboration with his son Piotr, who wrote the texts. Based on his book The Fisherman on the Bottom of the Sea (1997), the twelve-minute animated short film Rybak na dnie morza was produced in Poland in 2011, directed by Leszek Gałysz and Agnieszka Taborska. In addition to his work as an illustrator, Wilkoń also works as a sculptor, especially of animal sculptures.
In 2013 he was a member of the jury for the award The Extraordinary Book of the children and youth program of the Berlin International Literature Festival .
Wilkoń has received numerous prizes and awards for his work. His work has been presented in various national and international exhibitions. A museum dedicated to him is currently under construction in Japan. The short documentary film Bzik Kulturalny - Józef Wilkoń provides information about his artistic work . Wilkoń lives in Zalesie Dolne in Poland.
Books in German
Around 70 books illustrated by Wilkoń have been published in German. He made his debut with The Crane with One Leg (1963). This was followed by Mr Minkepatt and his friends (1965), Löwenkinder (1968), Bonko (1969), The panther and the chimpanzee (1969), The vain peacock (1970), The little Mr Timm and the magic flute Tirlili (1970), Die Treasure Island (1972), A Tree for Filippo (1973), Kossik - Das Gemskitz (1973), Robinson Crusoe (1973), A Lion Is Not an Elephant (1975), Wolf Children , Minka and the Wild Horses (1976), Tom Sawyer (1977 ), Yusuf wants to be a tiger (1978), Forest concert (1979), Polish history in pictures (1979), The little dog (1981), The bear mountain (1982), The story of the good wolf (1982), Whom the elephant gives the hand? (1982), Die Herberge zu Bethlehem - A North-South Christmas Book (1983), Bears in the Snow (1984), The Horse on the Nile (1984), My New Ball (1984), The Pipistrellis (1985), Hase hopp hopp hopp (1985), I Smell Honey! (1985), Saint Nicholas is Coming (1985), Why the Bear Woke Up ( 1985), The Clown Said No (1986), Hugo the Baby Lion (1986), The Smallest Elephant in the World (1987), The False Flamingos (1987 ), The seven moon coins (1987), Thomas and the dove (1987), The little shepherd and the big robber (1988), Dear snowman, where are you going? (1988), Mister Brown's cat (1988), What am I (1988), The fight over the rainbow (1989), The daredevil Hugo (1989), Rosalind, the kitten (1989), Atuk, the Eskimo boy (1990), Ich, der Kater (1990), Tonio auf dem Hochseil (1990), The very first Christmas carol (1991), Hugo and his little brother (1991), Katzenausflug - A little story (1991), Leopanther - A love story (1991), Die Noah's Ark (1992), The Four Children of the Earth (1992), Animals are free! (1993), The tigress wears an ermine (1993), Fabulous animal stories (1993), Wölfchen (1993), The moon face (1994), The giant ship - stories from the colorful rag bag (1995), Holpeltolpel strong friend (1995), Two Friends (1995), The Antelope with the Harp - Fairytale Animal Stories (1996), Klara Seeks Happiness (1996), Gold for King Otakar (1997), The Fisherman on the Sea Floor (1997), Little Big Bear (2000), Stubble, Poppel or Hoppel? (2000), My grandfather was a cherry tree (2001), Mrs. Drosselmann (2002), The blackbird and the parrot (2004) and Tallula - Queen of the Night (2012).
The books published by Wilkoń in Germany were written by different authors, including the following: Piotr Wilkoń (8), Eveline Hasler (2), P. Buxil (1), Daniel Defoe (1), Uwe Friesel (1), Janosch (1), Irina Korschunow (1), Wladimir Majakowskij (1), Paul Schaaf (1), Robert Wolfgang Schnell (1), Günter Spang (2), Robert Louis Stevenson (1), Stanisław Szydłowski (1), Mark Twain (1). Wilkoń also wrote the text for three of the books he illustrated: Minka and the Wild Horses (1976), I smell honey! (1985) and Ms. Drosselmann (2002). Wilkoń also provided the basic story idea for the text for three of the books he illustrated: Mister Brown's cat (1988), Me, the cat (1990) and Little Wolf (1993). At Jussuf a tiger wants to be (1978) and The Little Shepherd and the Big Robber (1988) Wilkoń wrote the text together with a co-author. With 25 publications, the majority of Wilkoń's 68 books have been published in German by Nord-Süd Verlag . Other publishers in German-speaking countries that have published Wilkoń are: Bohem (13) Patmos Verlagsgruppe (12), Middelhauve (7), Parabel Verlag (3), Loewes (2), Atlantis (1), G. Bitter (1) , Gimpel (1), Holz (1), Otto Maier (1) and Schweizer Volksbuchgemeinde (1).
The availability of Wilkoń's books published in German is very poor. Currently only four of his books are available: Lion Children (1968), Yusuf Wants To Be a Tiger (1978), Whom the Elephant Shakes Hands (1982) and Tallula - Queen of the Night (2012). All other books are out of print and only available as second-hand books.
Quotes from Wilkoń
Wilkoń says about the art of illustration:
“It's easy if you know some things. First you have to know what you want to paint looks like: a person, a fish, a bird, a leaf or an animal. Then how it moves: how it runs, crawls, sneaks or flies. For many, this is the end of the learning path. But some go further and can paint the times of day, the moon as it shines, a bird that sings, they can even paint worry and joy, fear and courage. Few can paint sleep, rest, and even the smell and taste of a fruit. If you know all of this, you still have to know how to put the text and illustration together so that they complement each other and a tension in the book grows like in the theater and everything gets in the right time and proportion. "
Press review
About the artistic importance of Wilkoń
“Józef Wilkoń is without a doubt one of the most productive and original artists of our time. For more than five decades he has been able to pull both children and adults under the spell of his animal pictures. Pictures that now adorn more than 200 books and have earned him recognition and sympathy all over the world. "
"On February 12th, Józef Wilkoń, the greatest (no ifs or buts) illustrator in Poland, celebrated his 80th birthday."
“Józef Wilkoń is a celebrated artist in Poland. He is the father of the current Polish children's book illustration. "
The crane with one leg (1963)
“For children who already have a sense for punch lines, the fable, based on an old Italian novel, tells how you can get out of an unpleasant affair if you are not at a loss for a funny answer. Illustrations of exquisite colors, full of grace and humor correspond perfectly with the subtle background of the text. "
Treasure Island (1972)
"The second book edited by Scherf is also pleasing due to its extremely happy correspondence between text and picture: Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island , illustrated by Jozef Wilkon as dramatically as realistically."
Noah's Ark (1992)
“How then, what then - another Noah's Ark book on the countless ones that already exist and which, precisely because the incident is so attractive to paint (exotic animal studies! Moving seascapes!), Grows from year to year Multiply specimens? Yes and no. Of course, this is also the well-known story, nothing essential has been invented, nothing has been left out. What is striking about the Wilkorian version, however, are imaginary captions that appear in the mind of the beholder by themselves; succinct and haunting like the subtitles in silent films, which artfully create mood beyond the mere illustration of individual plot sequences. [...] If you want to show your children photo-realistic rhinos, tigers or hippos, you should better read a natural history book. But if you want to offer them the story of a sensational survival campaign, you'll get their money's worth. And maybe he will reap drawings that fifteen years later look like a time machine. "
The Four Children of the Earth (1992)
“Wilkoń wouldn't be Wilkoń if he didn't take advantage of this opportunity; Astonishment and delight are guaranteed. Too much of an artist to fall into the meticulousness of non-fiction books, he paints embers and wind, the march of greenery and the glaring autumnal economy with pastel chalks, and a black, mysterious cricket chases through the nights of the tired summer on a hay horse. The hills open up to let in the rainbow, and the tree house of the crows with its open shops is reminiscent of Magritte's "The Voice of the Blood". "
Tallula - Queen of the Night (2012)
"A gloomy, but beautiful, poetic and ultimately, of course, harmless picture book by the old master Jozef Wilkon, who congenially staged the story of Tallula, the little bat" written down by Adam Jaromir "."
“It's a book for connoisseurs. Because Tallula is the story of a self-discovery. [...] And, as is so often the case, when you've finally found your milieu, it works with your neighbors too: light-shy animals become Tallula's new friends. Woodlice, cockroaches, deep-sea octopus. What could not be invented for new friends with children! You could have a monster evening, for Mardi Gras, for Halloween and in general, whenever exclusion is the topic, the Tallula book would be the first choice - because often everything is just a question of the direction in which you are looking, says Tallula and hangs upside down. Great, dark book full of love! "
Bibliography (selection)
With around 70 books published in German, Józef Wilkoń's bibliography in the following table is probably complete. It is not clear to what extent these books are also original editions or translations of foreign-language original editions. The list of Wilkoń's books that have only been published abroad and not in German is also not complete.
| First edition | title | text | illustration | Publisher (place) | ISBN | Translation first edition | Translation title | Translation publisher (place) | Translation ISBN | translator | Remarks |
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| 1959 | O kotku który szukał czarnego mleka | Helena Bechlerowa | Józef Wilkoń | Nasza (Warsaw) | |||||||
| 1959 | Trudny siew - opowiadania | Józef Wilkoń | Nasza Księgarnia (Warsaw) | ||||||||
| 1961 | Iv i Finetta | Natalia Galczyńska | Józef Wilkoń | BiuroWydawnicze Ruch (Warsaw) | |||||||
| 1961 | Pawie wiersze | Tadeusz Kubiak | Józef Wilkoń | Nasza Ksie̜garnia (Warsaw) | |||||||
| 1963 | The crane with one leg | Paul Schaaf | Józef Wilkoń | Middelhauve (Cologne) | |||||||
| 1965 | Mr. Minkepatt and his friends | Ursula Valentin, later: Ursula Genazino | Józef Wilkoń | Middelhauve (Cologne) | ISBN 3-7876-9115-4 | 8th edition 1982 | |||||
| 1965 | O księciu Ibrahimie i pieknej Sinedhur - baśń z Tunisu | Anna Milska | Józef Wilkoń | Ruch (Warsaw) | |||||||
| 1966 | Przygoda pewnego pawia | Stanisław Szydłowski | Józef Wilkoń | Ruch (Warsaw) | 1970 | The vain peacock | Wood ( Berlin ) | German adaptation from Polish by Viktor Mika | German version | ||
| 1967 | W nieparyżu i gdzie indziej | Anna Kamieńska | Józef Wilkoń | Nasza Księgarnia (Warsaw) | German translation of the title: In Nichtparis und Elsewhere | ||||||
| 1968 | Lion cubs | Janosch | Józef Wilkoń | Middelhauve (Cologne) | New edition 2011 by Beltz & Gelberg ( Weinheim ), ISBN 978-3-407-76103-3 . | ||||||
| 1969 | Bonko | Robert Wolfgang Schnell | Józef Wilkoń | Middelhauve (Cologne) | |||||||
| 1969 | The panther and the chimpanzee | P. Buxil | Józef Wilkoń | Otto Maier (Ravensburg) | ISBN 3-473-33638-6 | ||||||
| 1970 | Little Mr. Timm and the Magic Flute Tirlili | Uwe Friesel | Józef Wilkoń | Middelhauve (Cologne) | |||||||
| 1972 | Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson | Józef Wilkoń | Swiss People's Book Community (Lucerne) | unknown | Walter Scherf | Edited by Walter Scherf, with an afterword and notes | ||||
| 1973 | Basnie i legendy | Henryk Sienkiewicz | Józef Wilkoń | Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza (Warsaw) | unknown | ||||||
| 1973 | A tree for Filippo | Eveline Hasler | Józef Wilkoń | Atlantis (Zurich) | ISBN 3-7611-0422-7 | ||||||
| 1973 | Kossik - The Gemskitz | Günter Spang | Józef Wilkoń | Parable (Munich) | ISBN 3-7898-0975-6 | ||||||
| 1973 | List do Warszawy | Tadeusz Kubiak | Józef Wilkoń | Nasza Ksie̜garnia (Warsaw) | unknown | German translation of the title: Letter to Warsaw | |||||
| 1973 | Pan Tadeusz | Adam Mickiewicz | Józef Wilkoń | Arkady (Warsaw) | |||||||
| 1973 | Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Defoe | Józef Wilkoń | Loewes (Bayreuth) | ISBN 3-7855-1661-4 | edited, translated into German and provided with an afterword by Walter Scherf | contains 8 color and 10 black and white illustrations by Józef Wilkoń | ||||
| 1974 | Mazowsze | Aleksander Jackowski | Józef Wilkoń | Interpress (Krakow) | unknown | ||||||
| 1975 | A lion is not an elephant | Vladimir Mayakovsky (verses) | Józef Wilkoń | Middelhauve (Cologne) | ISBN 3-7876-9560-5 | Karl Dedecius | |||||
| 1975 | Wolf children | Günter Spang | Józef Wilkoń | Parable (Munich) | ISBN 3-789809845 | ||||||
| 1976 | Minka and the wild horses | Józef Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | Parable (Munich) | ISBN 3-7898-0990-X | ||||||
| 1976 | Title unknown | Shyusaku Endo | Józef Wilkoń | Shiko Sha (Tokyo) | English translation of the original title: Little Tom and the big cat | ||||||
| 1977 | Tom Sawyer | Mark Twain | Józef Wilkoń | Loewes (Bayreuth) | ISBN 3-7855-1754-8 | edited, translated into German and provided with an afterword by Walter Scherf | Comments and explanations of words by Elisabeth Scherf | ||||
| 1978 | Yusuf wants to be a tiger | Józef Wilkoń, Irina Korschunow | Józef Wilkoń | Parable (Munich) | ISBN 3-7898-0995-0 |
New edition 2008 by Parabel (Munich), ISBN 978-3-7898-1115-9 . |
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| 1979 | Forest concert | Kurt Baumann (verses) | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-144-X | ||||||
| 1979 | Polish history in pictures | Mateusz Siuchninski | Józef Wilkoń | Interpress Publishing House (Warsaw) | |||||||
| 1981 | The little dog | Desanka Maksimović | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-144-5 | Mischa Damjan (from Serbo-Croatian) | |||||
| 1982 | The Bear Mountain | Max Bolliger | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-153-9 | ||||||
| 1982 | The story of the good wolf | Peter Nickl | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-149-6 | ||||||
| 1982 | Whom does the elephant shake hands with? | Frederik Vahle | Józef Wilkoń | Middelhauve (Cologne) | ISBN 3-7876-9138-3 |
2012 new edition by Beltz & Gelberg (Weinheim), ISBN 978-3-407-79448-2 . |
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| 1982 | Wakacje pana burmistrza | Ewa Kolaczkowska | Józef Wilkoń | Nasza Ksiegarnia (Warsaw) | German translation of the title: The Mayor's Holidays | ||||||
| 1983 | The Bethlehem Hostel - A North-South Christmas Book | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-193-3 | |||||||
| 1984 | Bears in the snow | Josef Guggenmos | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-214-X | ||||||
| 1984 | The horse on the Nile | Text editing: Kurt Baumann | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-165-2 |
1997 New edition by the Swiss Youth Writings Foundation (Zurich), ISBN 3-7269-0007-1 . |
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| 1984 | Ilustrowany słownik dla dzieci - niemiecko-polski, polsko-niemiecki | Jerzy Jóźwicki | Józef Wilkoń | Wiedza Powszechna (Warsaw) | ISBN 83-214-0186-4 | ||||||
| 1984 | My new ball | Josef Guggenmos | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf / Hamburg) | ISBN 3-85825-213-1 | Children's poetry | |||||
| 1985 | The Pipistrellis | Eveline Hasler | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-173-3 | ||||||
| 1985 | Bunny hopp hopp hopp | Josef Guggenmos (verses) | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-227-1 | ||||||
| 1985 | I smell honey! | Józef Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-243-3 | ||||||
| 1985 | Saint Nicholas is coming | Konrad Richter | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-241-7 | ||||||
| 1985 | Why the bear let himself be woken up | Rudolf Otto Wiemer | Józef Wilkoń | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-79253-3 | Christmas story | |||||
| 1986 | The clown said no | Misha Damjan | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Hamburg) | ISBN 3-85825-258-1 | ||||||
| 1986 | Hugo the baby lion | Hermann Moers | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-269-7 | ||||||
| 1987 | The smallest elephant in the world | John Wilson | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-183-0 | Kurt Baumann (from English) |
1998 New edition by the Swiss Youth Writings Foundation (Zurich), ISBN 3-7269-0010-1 . |
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| 1987 | The false flamingos | Misha Damjan | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-296-4 | ||||||
| 1987 | The seven moon coins | Anneliese Lussert | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-286-7 | ||||||
| 1987 | Thomas and the pigeon | Rudolf Otto Wiemer | Józef Wilkoń | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-79281-9 | ||||||
| 1988 | The little shepherd and the great robber | Józef Wilkoń, Lene Mayer-Skumanz | Jósef Wilkoń | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-79290-8 | ||||||
| 1988 | Dear snowman, where are you going? | Gerda Marie Scheidl | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Gossau) | ISBN 3-85825-325-1 | ||||||
| 1988 | Mister Brown's cat | Józef Wilkoń (idea), Slawomir Wolski (text) | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-305-7 | ||||||
| 1988 | What am I | Josef Guggenmos (verses) | Jósef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-196-2 | ||||||
| 1989 | The fight over the rainbow | Siegfried P. Rupprecht | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-319-7 | ||||||
| 1989 | The daring Hugo | Hermann Moers | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-333-2 | ||||||
| 1989 | Rosalind, the kitten | Piotr Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-203-9 |
2001 New edition from the Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk (Zurich), ISBN 3-7269-0020-9 , version abbreviated by Hanna Burkhardt |
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| 1989 | unknown | Piotr Wilkoń and Józef Wilkoń (idea) | Piotr Wilkoń and Józef Wilkoń | Green Peace Publishers (Tokyo) | unknown | 1990 | Me, the cat | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-79411-0 | Heidi Kaiser (German text) | |
| 1990 | Wlazl kotek na plotek | Józef Ratajczak | Józef Wilkoń | Nasza Ksiegarnia (Warsaw) | German translation of the title: Kroch der Kater auf das Gatter | ||||||
| 1990 | Atuk, the Eskimo boy - The story of the Eskimo boy who learns that love is stronger than hate | Misha Damjan | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Gossau) | ISBN 3-314-00520-2 |
New edition 2008 by Nord-Süd (Zurich), ISBN 978-3-314-01606-6 . |
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| 1990 | Tonio on the tightrope | Hermann Moers | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Mönchaltorf) | ISBN 3-85825-500-9 | ||||||
| 1990 | Zdeptana kotkatka | Maria Abe | Józef Wilkoń | Gurinpisu shuppankai (Tokyo) | ISBN 4-906302-09-2 | ||||||
| 1991 | The very first Christmas carol | Hermann Moers | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Gossau) | ISBN 3-314-00565-2 | ||||||
| 1991 | Hugo and his little brother | Hermann Moers | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Gossau) | ISBN 3-314-00551-2 | ||||||
| 1991 | Cat trip - a little story | Piotr Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Gossau) | ISBN 3-314-00536-9 | ||||||
| 1991 | Leopanther - a love story | Piotr Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-79420-X | Ulrike Herbst-Rosocha | |||||
| 1991 | The quatre fils de la terre | Jacques Cassabois | Józef Wilkoń | Messidor-La Farandole (Paris) | ISBN 2-209-06586-0 | 1992 | The four children of the earth | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-79422-6 | Elke Bahr (from the French) | German version |
| 1992 | Noah's Ark | Piotr Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Gossau) | ISBN 3-314-00021-9 | Ulrike Herbst-Rosocha | |||||
| 1993 | The animals are free! | Piotr Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Gossau) | ISBN 3-314-00593-8 | ||||||
| 1993 | The tigress wears ermine | Bernd Kohlhepp | Józef Wilkoń | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-37264-X | ||||||
| 1993 | Fabulous animal stories | retold by Dirk Walbrecker | Józef Wilkoń | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-37273-9 |
2004 New edition by Bassermann (Munich), ISBN 3-8094-1560-X . |
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| 1993 | Little wolf | Idea: Józef Wilkoń, text: Gerda Wagener | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-252-7 | ||||||
| 1994 | Ilustracja książkowa / Book illustration / Book illustration | Józef Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych w Zamościu ( Zamość ) | ISBN 83-902458-0-9 | Book in Polish, English and German | |||||
| 1994 | The moon face | Gerda Marie Scheidl | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Gossau) | ISBN 3-314-00604-7 | ||||||
| 1995 | The ship of the giants - stories from the colorful patch bag | Hanna Hanisch, Rolf Hanisch | Józef Wilkoń | G. Bitter (Recklinghausen) | ISBN 3-7903-0532-4 | ||||||
| 1995 | Holpeltolpel strong friend | Hermann Moers | Józef Wilkoń | North-South (Gossau) | ISBN 3-314-00680-2 | ||||||
| 1995 | Two friends | Paz Rodero | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-268-3 | ||||||
| 1996 | The antelope with the harp - fairytale animal stories | retold by Dirk Walbrecker | Józef Wilkoń | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-37339-5 | ||||||
| 1996 | Klara is looking for happiness | Gisela Krahl | Józef Wilkoń | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-37330-1 | ||||||
| 1997 | Gold for King Otakar | told by Piotr Wilkoń, text editing by Danielle Heufemann | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-288-8 | ||||||
| 1997 | The fisherman on the seabed | Agnieszka Taborska | Józef Wilkoń | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-37376-X | Maike Nielsen (from English) | |||||
| 2000 | Little big bear | Piotr Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 3-491-37415-4 | ||||||
| 2000 | Stubble, Poppel or Hoppel? | Max Bolliger | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-351-5 | ||||||
| 2000 | 70 years of Józef Wilkon - exhibition catalog | Editor: Maria Linsmann | Józef Wilkoń | Troisdorf picture book museum Burg Wissem | no ISBN | ||||||
| 2001 | My grandfather was a cherry tree | Angela Nanetti | Józef Wilkoń | Patmos (Dusseldorf) | ISBN 978-3491374386 | Rosemarie Griebel-Kruip (from the Italian) | |||||
| 2002 | Wilkonia Bestiary | Józef Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | Lettra-Graphic (Krakow) | ISBN 83-910501-6-5 | Captions in Polish and English
introductory material in English, French, German, Polish and Japanese. Other title: Wilkon's Bestarium |
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| 2002 | Mrs. Drosselmann | Józef Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-377-9 | Wolfgang Jöhling (from Polish) | |||||
| 2004 | The blackbird and the parrot | Antonie Schneider | Józef Wilkoń | Bohem (Zurich) | ISBN 3-85581-417-1 | ||||||
| 2007 | Wilkoń w Radziejowicach | Cathedral Pracy Twórczej (Radziejowice) | Józef Wilkoń, Dorota Nowacka, photos: Jacek Gładkowski (and others) | ISBN 978-83-924768-3-2 | |||||||
| 2008 | Blues Nosorożca | Agnieszka Taborska | Józef Wilkoń | Wydawnictwo Książkowe Twój Styl (Warsaw) | ISBN 978-83-7163-574-8 | ||||||
| 2009 | Kici kici meow | Józef Wilkoń | Józef Wilkoń | Wyndawnictwo Hokus Pokus (Warsaw) | ISBN 978-83-60402-18-4 | ||||||
| 2009 | And the animals came in twos - Józef Wilkoń and the current Polish children's book illustration | Adam Jaromir , Józef Wilkoń and others | International Youth Library (Munich) | unknown | |||||||
| 2009 | Księga dżungli | Rudyard Kipling | Józef Wilkoń | Media Rodzina (Poznan) | German translation of the title: The Jungle Book | ||||||
| 2011 | Don Kichot Józefa Wilkonia ... wyprawa do Płocka - nowe i niepublikowane dzieła z lat 1990-2011 | Józef Wilkoń | Płocka Galeria Sztuki ( Płock ) | ISBN 978-83-61256-22-9 | Exhibition catalog | ||||||
| 2011 | Psie życie | Józef Wilkoń | Wydawnictwo Hocus-Pocus (Warsaw) | ISBN 978-83-60402-57-3 | |||||||
| 2011 | Józef Wilkoń - in short a stopa i zwierzęta | Józef Wilkoń, Barbara Zagórska | Muzeum Historyczno-Etnograficzne ( Chojnice ) | ISBN 978-83-60947-18-0 | biography | ||||||
| 2012 | Tallula - Queen of the Night | Adam Jaromir | Józef Wilkoń | Gimpel ( Langenhagen ) | ISBN 978-3-9811300-7-2 | Original edition |
Nominations and Awards
The following is an incomplete selection.
- 1964: Nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize in the picture book category for The Crane with One Leg
- 1966: Nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize in the picture book category for Mr Minkepatt and his friends , category: premium
- 1969: BIB memorial plaque at the BIB - Biennale of Illustrations in Bratislava for W nieparyżu i gdzie indziej
- 1973: Honorable Mention. at the BIB - Biennale of Illustrations in Bratislava for List do Warszawy
- 1980: Premio Grafico at the Bologna Children's Book Fair
- 1991: Premio Grafico at the Bologna Children's Book Fair
- 2004: Nomination for the Hans Christian Andersen Prize in the Illustrator category for Poland
- 2011: Nomination for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Prize
- Honorary Prize Premio Grafico at the Bologna Book Fair for Rosalind the kitten
Exhibitions
The following is an incomplete selection.
- 1960: Warsaw
- 1961: Vienna
- 1968: Toruń
- 1969: Manchester
- 1970: Warsaw
- 1971: Berlin
- 1973: Cologne
- 1975: Slupsk
- 1976: Rzeszów, Chicago
- 1979: Białystok, Kalisz, Toruń
- 1980: Katowice
- 1988: Puławy, Warsaw
- 2014: “Fantastic animals. The wonderful world of Józef Wilkoń ” , Kunsthaus Stade , Stade
Festival participation
- 2013: Children's and youth program at the 13th Berlin International Literature Festival in September
Web links
- Józef Wilkoń's Facebook page (in Polish)
- Józef Wilkońs Foundation website and Facebook page (both in Polish)
- Portraits of Józef Wilkoń: Dog-eared ears (PDF file; 626 kB) - Gimpel Verlag - Sauerländer - SK Foundation Culture 1 - SK Foundation Culture 2 - Muzeum Polskie - Polish Art World (in Polish) - Culture PL (in Polish)
- Short documentary Bzik Kulturalny - Józef Wilkoń about Józef Wilkoń (in Polish with English subtitles)
- Trailer and Facebook page for the short film Rybak na dnie morza (2011), based on Wilkoń's book The Fisherman on the Seabed
- various videos about Józef Wilkoń's illustrative and artistic work (in Polish)
- Event concept for The Four Children of the Earth
- Teaching material for "Tallula - Queen of the Night" (PDF; 1.8 MB)
- Website of the Jozef-Wilkon-Galerie
- Literature by and about Józef Wilkoń in the catalog of the German National Library
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- ↑ A part of Bogucice is now incorporated into the city of Wieliczka .
- ↑ a b Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bzik Kulturalny - Józef Wilkoń on Vimeo
- ↑ http://www.sk-kultur.de/polbuch/ausstel.html#wilkon
- ↑ http://www.les-amis-de-zarafa.com/de/2010/02/jozef-wilkons-geburtstag/ ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.ijb.de
- ↑ a b http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/datenbanksuche/bilderbuch-1/artikel-der_kranich_mit_dem_einen-2304.html
- ↑ Spring cleaning at Klassikers . In: The time . No. 15/1971 ( online ).
- ↑ Bonnie Dundee: Ferdamte Viecher gang . In: The time . No. 46/1992 ( online ).
- ↑ A poetic work about the four seasons: As in a picture book . In: The time . No. 29/1992 ( online ).
- ↑ http://schmitzbuch.de/pdf/sk16.pdf
- ↑ http://www.eselsohr-leseablebnis.de/
- ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/datenbanksuche/praemie-14/artikel-herr_minkepatt_und_seine_-2373.html
- ↑ http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=521
- ↑ http://www.alma.se/documents/2011/nomi_2011.pdf
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilkoń, Józef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter, sculptor, image maker and illustrator of children's books |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bogucice near Wieliczka |