Marcus Pfister

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Marcus Pfister (born July 30, 1960 in Bern ) is a Swiss picture book author and illustrator .

After attending the Bern School of Applied Arts , Pfister completed an apprenticeship as a graphic designer for four years and then worked as such for an advertising agency, but from 1983 concentrated on a career as an artist in the field of sculpture and photography. In 1986 he published his first picture book The tired owl and made a name for himself with other animal figures such as the penguin Pit and the smooth backgrounds of his watercolor landscapes.

He achieved worldwide success from 1992 with The Rainbow Fish , published by NordSüd Verlag , about a fish with partly glittering scales in many different colors that does not want to share its scales with the other fish. Pfister then designed a few more books with the rainbow fish as the main character. The rainbow fish books have been translated into over 80 languages ​​and have sold over 15 million copies. The American television broadcaster PBS produced the 26-part cartoon series The Rainbow Fish based on Pfister's story in 2000 .

Marcus Pfister lives with his family in Bern.

Works

  • Who is my friend , 1986
  • The tired owl , 1986
  • The four lights of the Shepherd Simon , 1986
  • Penguin Pit , 1987
  • How Saint Nicholas found a helper , 1987
  • Pits new friends , 1988
  • Beaver Boris , 1988
  • Pit and Pat , 1989
  • Mirjam's gift , 1989
  • Shaggy , 1990
  • Sun and Moon , 1990
  • Hoppel , 1991
  • Do you know how many stars are there? , 1991
  • Hoppel finds a friend , 1992
  • The rainbow fish , 1992
  • Hoppel and the Easter Bunny , 1993
  • Pit ahoy! , 1993
  • The poinsettia , 1993
  • Papa Pit and Tim , 1994
  • Till & Willy , 1994
  • The little dinosaur , 1994
  • Hoppel learns to swim , 1995
  • Rainbow fish come help me! , 1995
  • Dear Nikolaus, when are you coming? , 1996
  • Hoppel knows what to do , 1997
  • Mats and the miracle stones , 1997
  • How Leo became king again , 1998
  • The Rainbow Fish Makes Peace , 1998
  • Little bear I wish you something , 1999
  • Happy Mischka , 2000
  • Mats and the Striped Mice , 2000
  • Hello friend!!! , 2001
  • The rainbow fish is no longer afraid , 2001
  • The rainbow fish learns to count , 2001
  • The Rainbow Fish Puzzle Book , 2002
  • The Magic Book , 2003
  • Henri the artist , 2004
  • Timo and Matto , 2005
  • A lucky star for Lukas , 2005
  • The Rainbow Fish Returns , 2006
  • Charly in the zoo , 2007
  • Off to bed, Nils! , 2008
  • Monster Party , 2008
  • When you grow up, Nils , 2009
  • The rainbow fish discovers the deep sea , 2009

Awards

  • 1988: Swiss Youth Book Prize , shortlist
  • 1992: Christopher Award (Prize of the American, Catholic Church)
  • 1993: Critici in erba - special mention
  • 1993: 1st prize in Ulmer Bilderbuchspatz
  • 1993: Prix spécial des Libraires religieux pour le livre d'enfant, Valence
  • 1994: Prix de la Jeunesse, Cherbourg
  • 1995: North Dakota Flicker Tale
  • 1995: ABBY Award (American book trade award)
  • 1995: North Carolina Children's Book Award
  • 1996: Readers' Choice Award, Michigan Reading Association
  • 1996: Childrens Choices (IRA-CBC)
  • 1997: Christopher Award (American Catholic Church Prize)
  • 1997: Styrian reading owl
  • 1998: Storytelling World Award
  • 2010: Nomination for the 3 Apples Book Award from the New York Library Association

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Teacher's Calendar: The Day-By-Day Directory to Holidays, Historical Events, Birthdays and Special Days, Weeks and Months . 864.Com, 2003, ISBN 9780071412315 , p. 246.
  2. ↑ a b short vita ( memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on the occasion of the book weeks 2005 of the SK Stiftung Kultur , online at sk-kultur.de
  3. ↑ Sally Lodge: Rainbow Fish Surfaces Once Again ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.publishersweekly.com archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Publishers Weekly , August 3, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Pfister, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss picture book author and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern , Switzerland