Katrin Stangl

Katrin Stangl (* 1977 in Filderstadt ) is a German author , illustrator , graphic designer and artist .

Stangl studied at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art and was a master student of the artist Volker Pfüller . Her work with the Brazilian woodcutter José F. Borges was supported by a DAAD scholarship .

Katrin Stangl received the Gutenberg Book Guild's 2001 Design Award for illustrating the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury . In 2005 she received the Birkner Prize for her illustrations.

In 2010 she was awarded the 5th Troisdorf picture book scholarship for Stark wie ein Bär .

Stangl's picture book Does bread float in milk? (2017) was named “ The Most Beautiful German Book 2018 ” and in December 2019 the book she illustrated, Four Candles, Three Kings, Two Eyes, a Star with Poems by Arne Rautenberg was awarded the Lynx of the Month .

Works (selection)

• Just think the frog is sick. Animal rhymes selected and illustrated by Katrin Stangl. ISBN 978-3-941787-37-7 .
• When you look through the world like that. Poems by Ernst Herbeck . ISBN 3936428603 .
• Margot is reading. Katrin Stangl and Michael Heinze. ISBN 3-935278-20-9 .
• Aglaja Veteranyi : Why the child cooks in the polenta. Edition with woodcuts by Katrin Stangl. University of Graphics and Book Art, Leipzig 2004. (Without ISBN)
• Strong as a bear. Carlsen, ISBN 978-3-551-51761-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Katrin Stangl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official homepage of Katrin Stangl
• Review: “Homesick. Longing. ”Ernst Herbeck's poems, congenially illustrated by Katrin Stangl. Ina Hartwig in Frankfurter Rundschau on April 19, 2006, accessed on April 22, 2012

Single receipts

1. ↑ Biography at www.grafikbrief.de, accessed on June 2, 2008
2. ↑ Designer award ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Gutenberg Book Guild , accessed on April 22, 2012. 
3. ↑ A master class student with feeling. Article about the Birkner Prize, February 10, 2005, accessed on the website of the Leipziger Internet newspaper on April 22, 2012.
4. ↑ The Most Beautiful German Books 2018 , fr.de, September 8, 2018, accessed on September 10, 2018