Martin Baltscheit
Martin Baltscheit (born September 16, 1965 in Düsseldorf ) is a German comic artist , illustrator , writer , actor and director .
Life
Baltscheit studied communication design at the Folkwang School of Design in Essen . From 1986 to 1992 he was a member of the Young Ensemble Theater in Düsseldorf . After starting his career as a cartoonist, he wrote and illustrated children's books, radio plays, plays and cartoons.
For the West German Broadcasting Corporation he worked as a presenter and author in the team for the WDR-5 children's show Bärenbude . Since 1997 he has also worked as a speaker for audio books, radio plays and commercials. His book Major Dux or the day on which music was banned was performed as a play from September to December 2008 as part of the autumn of 2008. The jury selected Nur 1 Tag by and with Martin Baltscheit, who acted as author, interpreter, director and illustrator, as the children's and youth audiobook of the year 2014 . This audio book prize from the state capital Wiesbaden is endowed with 10,000 euros.
In 2014 he was a member of the jury for the award The Extraordinary Book of the children and youth program of the Berlin International Literature Festival .
In 2017 he made his feature film directing debut with the film Nur ein Tag . He was also involved as a screenwriter .
Martin Baltscheit lives in Düsseldorf.
Awards
- 2001: Prize for Literature from the State Capital Düsseldorf
- 2008: Pied Piper Prize for Literature , with Zoran Drvenkar for their book Zarah: You're not afraid, are you?
- 2009: Children's book prize of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the book Felline, Professor Paul and the chemistry kit
- 2010: German Youth Theater Prize for his play The Better Forests
- 2011: Silver pen for The Story of the Fox Who Lost His Mind
- 2011: German Youth Literature Prize for The Story of the Fox Who Lost His Mind
- 2012: Rheinischer Literaturpreis Siegburg for the story of the fox who lost his mind
- 2014: Children's and youth audiobook of the year for only 1 day
- 2014: “Reading Artist of the Year”, award from the German Book Trade Association
- 2016: German Children's Theater Prize for his play Crow and Bear or: The sun is shining for all of us
- 2018: Prize of the German Film Critics 2017 - Award in the category Best Children's Film for Just One Day
- 2018: Children's radio play award from the MDR for its radio play in the children's book of the same name, Crows and Bear
Works (selection)
- 1994: Lotte and Leo
- 1996: Paul breaks up
- 1997: In short, the kicker
- 1998: The new one
- 2002: The story of the lion who couldn't write
- 2002: The Adventures of Mr. Benedict
- 2004: Little Mr. Paul
- 2005: Little Mr. Paul in the snow
- 2005: You were lucky !: little devilry
- 2005: I am for myself: the election campaign of the animals
- 2007: Zarah: You're not scared, are you? with Zoran Drvenkar
- 2007: Major Dux or the day music was banned!
- 2007: The main thing is that there won't be a dog: a story (2007, illustrator: Katja Kamm )
- 2007: What is a Tulipan anyway?
- 2007: The Siege: A Tale
- 2008: The sun alarm clock
- 2008: Frankie invisible
- 2008: The story of the lion who couldn't write
- 2009: Jasmin Behringer: Me and the Chancellor
- 2010: Once upon a time there were two really stupid geese in a burning house , Tulipan Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-939944-45-4 .
- 2010: Akkuratus² - snow globe and cocoa , with illustrations by Ulf K .; Klett children's book, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-941411272 .
- 2010: The Story of the Fox That Lost Mind (2010); Bloomsbury Children's & Youth Books, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-8270-5397-8 .
- 2011: What should I say first? , Drawings by Antje Drescher: Bajazzo-Verlag, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-905871-29-6 .
- 2012: Zoran Drvenkar : The Short Pants Gang and the Totem of Okkerville
- 2013: Oliver Scherz : Ben
- 2014: Oliver Scherz : We'll be back later, we have to go to Africa shortly
- 2014: only 1 day
- 2015: (with Christine Schwarz) Gans für dich , narrative picture book, Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim ISBN 978-3-407-82068-6
- 2018: Leo friends live longer
- 2018: Tschiep!
- 2018: The loneliest whale in the world , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2018
Radio plays
- 2014: Only 1 day - directed by Markus Langer (children's radio play - Oetinger Media GmbH) - also speaking role
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin Baltscheit in the catalog of the German National Library
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- Homepage of Martin Baltscheit
- Martin Baltscheit's biography at NRW Literatur im Netz
- Short biography and reviews of works by Martin Baltscheit at perlentaucher.de
- Entry at kindertheater.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Audiobooks of the year 2014: Dieter Wellershoff and radio play "Nur 1 Tag" awarded ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , hr2-culture November 26, 2014, accessed October 30, 2015
- ↑ Martin Baltscheit - international literature festival berlin. Retrieved March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Martin Baltscheit in: Kulturamt Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
- ↑ Press release of the city of Siegburg from September 18, 2012
- ↑ "Western" awarded the German Film Critics' Prize ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2018 in the web archive archive.today ) 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. . Retrieved February 20, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baltscheit, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German comic artist, illustrator and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |