Jürgen Spohn

Jürgen Spohn (born June 10, 1934 in Leipzig ; † June 18, 1992 in Berlin ) was a German graphic artist who is best known as a children's book author and illustrator .

Live and act

Jürgen Spohn studied at the Kunsthochschule Kassel and published his first picture book Der Spielbaum in 1966 .

The focus of his work are books in which he plays with language and images. With this combination and new graphic designs, he reached children and adults alike.

In 1981 he received the German Youth Literature Prize on the basis of the jury's reasoning: “Spohn is a moralist like Erich Kästner ... The reader senses that there is no know-it-all at work, but someone who loves reading and the environment and fellow human beings therefore must insist on certain claims. "

Spohn also designed posters and a postage stamp for the Czechoslovak Post, which appeared in 1989. He donated the children's book prize “The Magic Pen”, which is sponsored by the International Youth Library . He also gained worldwide recognition as a photographer.

Spohn lived in Berlin from 1961 and was professor of graphic design at the Berlin University of the Arts .

Works

• The game tree . S.Mohn, Gütersloh 1966.
• Eledil and Krokofant . S.Mohn, Gütersloh 1967.
• The giant horse . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1968; Otto Maier Verlag, Ravensburg 1975, ISBN 3-473-33618-1 .
• The mini-mini nozzle dwarf . Bertelsmann, Munich, Vienna 1971, ISBN 3-570-07518-4 .
• A predator that a predator saw . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1973, ISBN 3-570-07548-6 .
• The Papperlapapp apparatus . A.Betz, Vienna, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7641-0138-5 .
• Up and down. Verses to tell aloud tell a friend . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-570-05552-3 .
• I see. Short stories and pageants . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-570-01398-7 ; Goldmann TB, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-442-08831-3 .
• with Ernst Jandl : Falamaleikum . Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1983, ISBN 3-472-68488-7 .
• Yes / Yes. Stories, verses & pictures . A.Betz, Vienna, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-219-10265-4 .
• Circus nonsense . Finken-Verlag, Oberursel / Taunus 1985, ISBN 3-8084-1143-0 .
• The snipe suitcase . Thienemann, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-522-16000-2 ; Goldmann TB, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-442-08898-4 .
• Schnabeljau . Edition Weitbrecht, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-522-70270-0 .
• Up & down. Short stories and cursive pictures in cursive . Carlsen, Reinbek 1988, ISBN 3-551-53194-3 .
• Hello you there. Gathered short stories, verses & sweeping pictures . Coppenrath, Münster 1988, ISBN 3-88547-486-7 .
• Bears . Carlsen, Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-551-55030-1 .
• Whimsy . Ravensburger (RTB 1692) 1989, ISBN 3-473-51692-9 .
• Whoops & Co . Nagel and Kimche, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-312-00748-8 .

Awards

• 1969: "Golden Apple" as the first German artist at the Biennale for Illustrations in Bratislava.
• 1971: Silver medal at the International Book Art Exhibition in Leipzig.
• 1981: German Youth Literature Prize for the best children's book Top and Bottom .
• 1986: Bologna Ragazzi Award as honorable mention for Das Schnepfen-Köfferchen .

literature

• Thiele, Jens (ed.): Jürgen Spohn. Over and over. Illustrations, woodcuts, posters . Catalog for the exhibition in Oldenburg 1994. Library and information system of the Univ. Oldenburg 2004, ISBN 3-8142-0475-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Jürgen Spohn in the catalog of the German National Library
• The stamp designed by Jürgen Spohn