Martin Ebbertz

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Martin Ebbertz (born July 6, 1962 in Aachen ) is a German writer and screenwriter .

Life

After his birth in Aachen, Martin Ebbertz spent his childhood and youth in Prüm . His studies in German , philosophy and history took him to Freiburg , Münster and finally to Frankfurt . There he then took up his work as a freelance writer, which was followed by a five-year stay in Thessaloniki (Greece). From spring 2000 until 2015 Ebbertz lived in Boppard and since then again in Frankfurt.

After his first book publication in 1988, Ebbertz started writing children's books in 1992 . His most successful book to date, Little Mr. Jaromir , which depicts a lovable outsider's difficulties with the achievements of the modern world, has also been translated into English, Dutch and Chinese. His stories for children were on the radio and in the children's radio play Ohrenbär of rbb read. Ebbertz has been running the Razamba publishing house since 2008 , in which, in addition to publications by other authors, a. publishes in a small-format lyric series under the imprint Edition Razamba , not least self-publications of new editions of previously out of print titles as well as original editions.

Works

Poetry / prose

  • The most beautiful place in Tenerife . Sports stories. Verlag Am Erker , 1988.
  • Four decades of the hermit press . History of a publishing house. Timeline. Hermit Press 1989.
  • Everyday recipes . Edition Razamba, 2008.
  • Bestiary nonsense . Small encyclopedia of the most important really strange animal species. Edition Razamba, 2009.
  • The eating behavior of the mice . Stories. Edition Razamba, 2011.
  • The summer wasn't good either . Poems. Autumnus, 2012.
  • Woods and fields . Four stories about hiking. Edition Razamba, 2013.
  • Fire in the ice cube factory . 66 short stories. Axel-Dielmann Verlag 2017.

Children's and young people's literature

stories

  • Joseph, who wants to go to the Indians. Anrich, 1992.
  • The blue hat and the yellow canary. St. Gabriel, 1995.
  • Little Mr. Jaromir. Patmos, 2002, Sauerländer 2005, Razamba 2013.
  • Uncle Theo tells about horses - and 26 other totally crazy stories. Moses, 2004.
  • Karlo, seafarer ashore. Illustrations by Thilo Krapp . Coppenrath, 2007.
  • Bad luck and luck of a breaststroke. Sauerlander, 2008.
  • Little Mr. Jaromir finds happiness. Sauerlander, 2008.
  • Paula, the bookworm. Razamba 2010.
  • A donkey is a zebra with no stripes. 44 almost true stories. Buoy, 2013.
  • How the monkeys invented football. Buoy, 2015.
  • Little Mr. Jaromir and fat Mr. Fox. (New edition of Little Mr. Jaromir Finds Happiness. ) Razamba, 2015.
  • Anna - with an umbrella and charm and big feet. Razamba, 2016.
  • PRIMA HOL ZOFEN PIZZA. Poems for children. Razamba, 2019.

Audio books

  • Poor Piglet Anton audio book. Deutsche Grammophon, 1998

Radio (series "Ohrbär")

  • Karlo, seafarer ashore
  • Tamari moves to Greece
  • Little Mr. Jaromir
  • Piglet Anton becomes a pirate
  • Arrive Friday at five o'clock
  • Poor piglet Anton
  • Anna with the big feet
  • Egon and Kumba, the carpet sailors
  • The blue hat and the yellow canary
  • Egon and the clever Kumba

Awards

  • 1999 Children's audio book of the month, for Armes Ferkel Anton
  • 2002 SR / RB best list of children's and youth literature
  • 2002 German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature : Children's Book of the Month
  • 2002 The best 7 books for young readers , Deutschlandfunk and Focus
  • 2005 German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature: Children's Book of the Month
  • 2006 Belgian Youth Literature Prize (shortlist)
  • 2008 SR / RB best list of children's and youth literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Ebbertz on the homepage of the children's storyteller series Ohrenbär with references to read in stories of the author, online at ohrenbaer.de
  2. ^ Verlag Razamba , online at razamba.de
  3. ^ Edition Razamba see German National Library, online at d-nb.info
personal data
SURNAME Ebbertz, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen