Jutta Driver

Jutta Driver (2012)

Juttareiber (born January 10, 1949 in Oberpullendorf in Burgenland as Jutta Supper ) is an Austrian author .

Life

Her parents Therese and Viktor Supper were merchants and ran a furniture store. Juttareiber has a disabled brother, Walter Supper, who is eight years her junior. After elementary school in Oberpullendorf, she attended grammar school in Eisenstadt from 1959 to 1967, where she graduated with distinction . She then studied German and English at the University of Vienna from 1967 to 1972 . From 1972 to 1988 she taught German and English at the grammar school in Oberpullendorf. In addition, she also gave courses in jazz dance and stage play.

Juttareiber has been a freelance writer since 1988. During her high school years she wrote for the school newspaper. In 1976 she won her first literary award for a short story . First literary attempts included short stories, poems and radio plays. Cabaret programs and short films (Super 8) followed. Her work includes picture books, children's books, novels for young people and adults, poetry, a children's theater piece, radio plays, short stories in various anthologies and short films. Her books have been translated into 23 languages ​​so far. Juttareiber has given more than 3000 readings in twenty-three countries in Europe and Asia ( Germany , France , Great Britain , Iran , Italy , Latvia , Luxembourg , the Netherlands , Austria , Poland , Romania , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , Slovenia , the Czech Republic , Turkey , Hungary ).

Jutta Driver is married and has two children.

Awards

• 1976 BEWAG Literature Prize
• 1980 State Prize for Amateur Film
• 1992 Ten special books on Andersentag
• 1992 Styrian reading owl
• 1992 Children's Book Prize from the City of Vienna for Das Dazwischenkind
• 1995 Youth Book Prize of the City of Vienna
• 1996 Austrian State Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature for The blue lake is green today
• 2000 Cherbourg City Prize
• 2002 READER voices 1st place for a broken heart
• 2004 Culture Prize of the Province of Burgenland for literature and journalism
• 2006 Collection for the Austrian Youth Book Prize
• 2007 Austrian State Prize for Children's and Youth Literature 2007 for The Grandfather in the Rust-Red Wingback Chair
• 2008 Prize for children's and young people's literature from the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture (for the entire work in the field of children's and young people's literature)
• 2009 Prize for Literature and Journalism from the Burgenland Foundation Theodor Kery (for the entire literary works)
• 2019 Great Decoration of Honor of the Province of Burgenland

Works (selection)

"I want to write a story", 1979 "Geometric Piece", 1987 "Oli and Somersault", 1981, 1993, 1998 "Popcorn for Breakfast", 1988 "Bine and Rebel", 1990 "Julia plays Julia", 1992, 2004 "The child in between", 1992 "Children in between have a hard time", 1993 "Love and Other Inconsistencies", 1995 "The blue lake is green today", 1995 "Kissing Rocks with the Nose", 1996 "Oh, says the catchy tune", illustrated by Maria Blazejovsky, 1997 "As long as the cicadas are sleeping", 1998 "In between we are all children", 1999

"Broken Heart and Leg", 2000 "Because - that will always be the case", illustrated by Birgit Antoni, 2000 "The Laughing Pacemaker", illustrated by Birgitta Heiskel , Dachs Verlag 2001 "The Flowers of Angels", illustrated by Maria Blazejovsky , 2001 "Pink dreams", illustrated by Christa Unzner , 2002 "Children in between look for friends", 2002 "Raped", 2003, 2009 "Maxeline Regenschirm", illustrated by Birgit Antoni, 2003 "Maxeline Sunshine"; illustrated by Birgit Antoni, 2005 "NaJa", picture book for adults, illustrated by Susanne Eisermann, 2005 "Die Zeit und Hannah", 2006, novel in three parts for adults: Zeit.Raffer / Zeit.Schnitt / Zeit.Lupe (edition lex liszt 12, 2006) "The grandfather in the rust-red wing chair", picture book, illustrations by Jens Rassmus , Patmos 2006 "Max und Marzipan", children's book, G + G Verlag, Vienna 2006 "Forfel, Ach und Krokodeil", children's book, edition lex liszt 12, 2007 "The King Dances", picture book, illustrated by Iris Wolfermann, Annette Betz 2007 "Fleckerlteppich", short texts, edition lex liszt 12, 2008 "Edi Dickstur and the Norz", Innsbruck-Vienna, 2010 "Jonas is gone", Crime Book Club, 2011

* 9 "Knaxi Fischbüchlein", edition lex liszt 12, 2012 “Oh, you dear horse”, edition marlit, 2012 “Fiona Fee has no time”, Obelisk, 2012 "Love drums. Eine Kur-Schmonzette ", edition lex liszt 12, 2012 "Klapper, Klapper, Storchengeplapper", edition marlit, 2014 “Fridolin becomes invisible”, Obelisk, 2014 "The words fly", Residenz Verlag (Hippopotamus), 2014 "All my letters", (M, N, QXY, Z) G + G Verlag 2016 "Der Angstdrache", picture book, illustrated by Lena Hesse, Annette Betz 2016 "Princess green pea does three somersaults on the dunghill", Obelisk Verlag 2017 "Shut up, said mother and then she died", edition lex liszt 12, 2018 "The brightly colored couch", Obelisk 2019 "Well.", Illustrated by Susanne Eisermann, Tyrolia, Innsbruck-Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-7022-3761-5 "Well. Multilingual edition in German, Arabic, Turkish, English, Croatian-Bosnian-Serbian-Montenegrin", illustrated by Susanne Eisermann, Tyrolia, Innsbruck-Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-7022-3829-2

Web links

Commons : Jutta Driver  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Juttareiber in the catalog of the German National Library
• Personal website