Josef Holub (Author)

Josef Holub

Josef Holub (born September 7, 1926 in Nýrsko , Bohemian Forest, † July 4, 2010 in Grab ) was a German children's and young adult book author of Bohemian origin.

Life

Josef Holub trained as a teacher and administrator and worked a. a. as a brickworker, postman and councilor. His award-winning children's books were for the German Youth Literature Prize nominated and received twice the Zurich Children's Book Award La vache qui lit . Holub lived in Grab in the community of Großerlach . On July 3, 2008, Holub became an honorary citizen of Großerlach.

Awards

• 1992: Peter Härtling Prize for The Red Nepomuk
• 1993: Oldenburg Children's and Young People's Book Prize for The Red Nepomuk
• 1996 and 1997: La vache qui lit (Zurich Children's Book Prize)
• 1998: Mildred L. Batchelder Award for The Robber and Me (German: Bonifaz and the robber Knapp )
• 2006: Mildred L. Batchelder Award for An Innocent Soldier (German: The Russian )

Works

• The red Nepomuk , 1992
• Boniface and the robber Knapp , 1996
• Lousy Times , 1997
• Juksch Jonas and the summer in Holundria , 1998
• The smugglers of Rotzkalitz , 2001
• Smugglers in luck , 2001
• The Russian , 2002

literature

• Kateřina Kovačková: Figures of the "Others" in German-Bohemian exile literature: using the example of Gerold Tietz , Josef Holub and Johannes Urzidil (= Tea edition ), Rogeon, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-943186-14-7 Dissertation University of Munich 2013, 309 pages.
• Franz-Josef Payrhuber : Josef Holub's novels for children and young people in lower secondary level . Schneider-Verlag Hohengehren, Baltmannsweiler 2006, ISBN 3-8340-0082-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Josef Holub in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography of Josef Holub