Marjaleena Lembcke

Marjaleena Lembcke-Heiskanen (born February 4, 1945 in Kokkola , Finland ) is a writer.

Marjaleena Heiskanen studied theater studies in Finland and moved to Germany in 1967. From 1972 to 1975 she studied sculpture at the Art Academy in Münster . Her first literary works were written in Finnish, but today she works in German. She writes for children and adults. Her books have been translated into thirteen languages. Marjaleena Lembcke is married, has a son and lives in Greven . Her books are currently published by Verlag Nagel & Kimche Verlag and Residenz Verlag .

She combined six of her books into a series in which the first-person narrator is four years old and the last volume is eighteen. These include My Finnish grandfather , The time of secrets , The summer when everyone was in love , When the stones were still birds , And behind it the sea and farewell to the red house .

Works (selection)

• My Finnish grandfather , 1993
• The Time of Secrets , 1995
• The summer when everyone was in love , 1997
• When the stones were still birds (1st place) , 1998
• The shadow of the butterfly , 1998
• Finnish tangos , 1999
• And behind it the sea , 1999
• Farewell to the red house , 2000
• The night of the seven wishes , 2000
• The ice castle , 2001
• A closet full of secrets , 2001
• Polka bears, apple rats and other animals , 2001
• Already forgotten , 2001
• The story of Tapani, from truck driver Frisch and the red duck , 2002
• He was never in Africa in 2003
• Christmas here and elsewhere , 2003
• A fairy tale is a fairy tale is a fairy tale , 2004
• The Stranger in the Garden , 2005
• Love Lines , 2006
• Bear polka and magic flute , 2007
• The Goose General , 2008
• A new star , 2008
• The Man on the Red Rock , 2008
• Hexenheim Horizont , 2009
• Hasenlenz , 2010
• The foxes of Andorra , 2010
• An aphid migrates , 2011
• We don't stay long , 2016

Awards

• 1993: Children's and young people's book list of the Saarländischer Rundfunk ( My Finnish Grandfather )
• 1996: Nomination for the Austrian Children's and Young People's Book Prize ( The Time of Secrets )
• 1996: Working grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 1997: Recommended list "The Best 7" ( The summer when everyone was in love )
• 1998: Recommended list "The Best 7" ( When the stones were still birds )
• 1998: Youth Book of the Month July of the German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature ( When the stones were still birds )
• 1999: Austrian Children's Book Prize, nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize, shortlist for the Catholic Children's Book Prize and audio book of the year from Hessischer Rundfunk ( When the stones were still birds )
• 2000: Recommendation list "The best 7" ( farewell to the red house )
• 2000: Nomination for the Austrian Children's and Youth Book Prize ( And behind it the sea )
• 2001: Goldener Lufti ( when the stones were still birds )
• 2003: Recommended list "The best 7" ( The story of Tapani, the truck driver Frisch and the red duck )
• 2003: Recommended list "The Top 7" ( He has never been to Africa ) in April and May
• 2003: Reading Peter of the Working Group on Youth Literature and Media GEW ( he has never been to Africa )
• 2003: Recommended list Luchs (literature prize) , Die Zeit and Radio Bremen ( he has never been to Africa )
• 2004: Nomination for the Evangelical Book Prize ( He was never in Africa ) and ( The story of Tapani, the truck driver Frisch and the red duck )
• 2005: Austrian State Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature ( A fairy tale is a fairy tale is a fairy tale )
• 2005: Recommended list "The Best 7" ( The Stranger in the Garden )
• 2005: Recommended list Luchs (Literature Prize) (218), Die Zeit and Radio Bremen ( The Stranger in the Garden )
• 2007: Recommended list "The Best 7" ( Bear Polka and Magic Flute )
• 2007: Shortlist of the German Youth Literature Award ( love lines )
• 2008: Donkey of the month March ( Hexenheim Horizont )
• 2008: Recommended list Luchs (Literature Prize) , (256), Die Zeit and Radio Bremen ( The Goose General )
• 2008: Recommended list "The best 7" ( Der Gänsgeneral )
• 2009: Nominated for the Austrian Children and Youth Award ( Ein neue Stern )
• 2011: Nominated for the Evangelical Book Prize ( The Foxes of Andorra )
• 2012: Recommended list "The Best 7" ( An aphid migrates )
• 2012: German audio book award for The Foxes of Andorra
• 2015: Austrian children's and youth book award (with Elsa Klever) for Eva in the House of Stories

Web links

• Literature by and about Marjaleena Lembcke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Marjaleena Lembcke-Heiskanen in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors