John Saxby
John Saxby (* 1925 ) is a British author of children's and youth literature .
life and work
John Saxby was a Royal Air Force pilot , paratrooper school director, lawyer, and businessman. His writing began late. In England, his stories about the pig Eduard Speck (English: Henry Pawk), which he originally wrote for his grandchildren, were discovered by the BBC for the radio. In Germany these stories appeared in two volumes, The Adventures of Eduard Speck and New Adventures by Eduard Speck, and were later translated into Spanish, Catalan, Danish and Chinese.
Works
- The adventures of Eduard Speck. Illustrations by Wolf Erlbruch . Translated by Sybil Countess Schönfeldt . Hanser, 1993, ISBN 3-446-17427-3 .
- New adventures from Eduard Speck. Illustrations by Wolf Erlbruch. Translated by Sybil Countess Schönfeldt. Hanser, 1996, ISBN 3-446-18197-0 .
- The wise Professor von Katastroff and his cat Attila. Illustrations by Bernd Pfarr . Translated by Sybil Countess Schönfeldt. Hanser, 1997, ISBN 3-446-18552-6 .
- Ham & egg or adventure on the high seas. Illustrations by Sabine Wilharm . Translated by Michael Krüger . Hanser, 2000, ISBN 3-446-19894-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about John Saxby in the catalog of the German National Library
- Book review of The wise Professor von Katastroff and his cat Attila
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Saxby, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1925 |