Jörg Sommer
Jörg Sommer (born August 1, 1963 in Heilbronn ) is a German author of books for children and young people and an environmentalist.
Life
Writer, editor
Sommer writes books for children and young people together with his wife Gerit Kopietz . Her repertoire ranges from non-fiction books to parenting and teaching guides to picture books. 160 titles have been published by Sommer and Kopietz, which have been translated into up to 29 languages. The total circulation of her books is around 3,000,000 copies. One of the bestsellers is OXMOX OX MOLLOX. Children play Indian (1992), which had 21 editions and of which 120,000 copies were sold. In 1998, together with Gerit Kopietz, he published the interactive children's crime series ZAP for ten to twelve year olds.
He is also an author of non-fiction books and publisher of periodicals, so u. a. as editor of the course book Citizen Participation, as co-editor of the year book ecology and the magazine movum .
Sommer is one of the founders of the first German-language children's book author network KIBULI and a member of the Association of German Writers .
society
Since 2009 he has been chairman of the board of the German Environmental Foundation . He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kant Foundation . From 2014 to 2016, as a representative of the social groups, he was also a member of the Commission for the Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste (Repository Commission) in accordance with Section 3 of the Site Selection Act .
In 2017 he was appointed founding director of the Institute for Participation, a non-partisan think tank that aims to develop elements of political participation beyond elections. The institute also directs the Alliance Diverse Democracy network .
family
Jörg Sommer lives in Bad Friedrichshall with his wife and their four children .
honors and awards
- 2014 Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg for his services as an author and environmentalist.
Publications
picture books
- The big book of the senses, Annette Betz, 2000
- Fit in traffic, Annette Betz, 2000
- Sheep on the wind. The Pirate Wolves are Coming, Treehouse, 1999
- Chief Swift Paw, Parable, 1998
Children's books
- RUDI - the hero, 160 pages, tree house, 2003
- Advent stories, 64 pages, Loewe, 2001
- Boys stories, 64 pages, Loewe, 2001
- Girls' stories, 64 pages, Loewe, 2001
- Detective stories, 60 pages, Loewe, 2001
- Spukgeschichten, 60 pages, Loewe, 2002
- Joschi in the Valley of the Wolves, 60 pages, Loewe, 2001
- Film off for Tobi !, 124 pages, Loewe, 2000
- Meeting point pocket money, 60 pages, Loewe, 2000
- Cat stories, 60 pages, Loewe, 2000
- Attention, UFO in school !, 96 pages, Loewe, 1999
- Charly Clever and Doctor Lupe on a Tiger Hunt (Volume 1), 96 pages, Loewe, 2000
Youth books
- MEGAPARK Volume 1: Virus X, 128 pages, Omnibus (C. Bertelsmann), 2002
- MEGAPARK Volume 2: The Reporter's Plan, 128 pages, Omnibus (C. Bertelsmann), 2002
- MEGAPARK Volume 3: The Japan Trap, 128 pages, Omnibus (C. Bertelsmann), 2002
- ZAP Volume 1: The Mysterious Villa, 128 pages, KeRLE, 1998 (and other volumes)
- ZAP Volume 2: Hunt for the turbo-skates, 104 pages, KeRLE, 1999 (and other volumes)
- SOS Teenager !, 128 pages, Ueberreuter, 2000
- Mira Morgenstern Volume 1: Die Feuerteufel, 128 pages, Ueberreuter, 1999 (and other volumes)
- Cash - How to deal successfully with money, Youth non-fiction book, 128 pages, Ueberreuter, 2000
- Feet off the table - style in all situations, youth non-fiction, 144 pages, Ueberreuter, 2004
Youth books under the pseudonym Nicolas Roth
- Whales in danger (2005)
- Night of the Minks (2005)
- Foals in Need (2005)
- The Solar Plot (2005)
- Cornfield Danger (2005)
- The Test of Courage (2005)
- The Trek of the Brave (2005)
- The treasure in Carwitzsee (2006)
- Smoke Signals (2006)
Web links
- Literature by and about Jörg Sommer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of the authors Kopietz and Sommer
- Biography on the crime lexicon page
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.kursbuch.info/
- ↑ http://www.jahrbuch-oekologie.de/
- ↑ http://www.movum.info/
- ↑ https://www.bundestag.de/blob/434430/35fc29d72bc9a98ee71162337b94c909/drs_268-data.pdf , page 550
- ^ The director - Berlin Institute for Participation . In: Berlin Institute for Participation . ( bipar.de [accessed on August 18, 2018]).
- ↑ https://www.bipar.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Summer, Jörg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author of books for children and young people |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heilbronn |