Nikola Huppertz

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Nikola Huppertz (born May 7, 1976 in Mönchengladbach ) is a German writer .

Life

Nikola Huppertz was born as Nikola Zerbes in Mönchengladbach in 1976. She studied violin at the Folkwang University in Essen / Duisburg and psychology at the Humboldt University in Berlin .

She works as a freelance children's and youth book author in Hanover, where she lives with her two children. She also writes poetry and stories for the radio. Huppertz is a member of the Association of Women Authors , the Society for Contemporary Poetry and the Friedrich Bödecker Circle .

The manuscript for her debut novel "Karla, Sengül and the window to the world" won 1st prize in the 2007 literature competition "Meine Nachbarn" at Bonn's Migration Book Fair and was published in 2009 by Thienemann Verlag .

Awards, nominations, grants

  • 2019: KIMI seal for diversity for "My mother, the fairy"
  • 2019: Nomination for the German-French Youth Literature Prize for "My mother, the fairy"
  • 2019: List of recommendations for the Catholic Children's and Young People's Book Prize for "My mother, the fairy"
  • 2019: Deutschlandfunk best list "The best 7" in February for "My mother, the fairy"
  • 2019: "My mother the fairy" is awarded by STUBE in January as book of the month for religion in children's books
  • 2018: "Me and Nikita and the Adopteur" is honored by the Borromeo Association in November as "First Reader of the Month"
  • 2018: Shortlist Zurich Children's Book Prize for "Where I got my freckles from"
  • 2018: "When we were orphans once" is awarded by the Borromeo Association in August as the "first reader of the month"
  • 2017: Longlist of the most beautiful German books / Stiftung Buchkunst for "My life, just for a moment"
  • 2017: Artist in Residence, Hotel Laudinella, St. Moritz
  • 2017: Scholarship from the state of Lower Saxony for authors of books for children and young people for "Where I got my freckles from"
  • 2015: Gold Dust Prize of the Female Authors' Association, Poetry category
  • 2014: Shortlist of the most beautiful German books / Stiftung Buchkunst for "The incredible story of Wenzel, the robber Kawinski, Strupp and the Suseldrusel"
  • 2014: Nordstemmer sugar beet for "Offer brother! Search dog!"
  • 2013/2014 participation in the Bavarian Academy of Writing
  • 2012: "Tomma and the Cellar Trap" is named "First Reading Book of the Month" by the Borromäusverein in November
  • 2012: "Alma, very small" is named "First Reader of the Month" by the Borromeo Association in January
  • 2007: 1st prize in the literary competition “My Neighbors” at the 6th Bonn Book Fair Migration , category: Children's and young people's literature .

Works

Single track

  • Karla, Sengül and the window to the world (Thienemann / Gabriel Verlag, 2009)
  • Offer brother! Search dog! (Thienemann / Gabriel Verlag, 2010)
  • Tomma and the Mäusepension (Arena, 2010)
  • Dog biscuits and Tartufi (Thienemann / Gabriel Verlag 2011)
  • Superman and Frog Princess (Arena, 2011)
  • Alma, very small (Arena, 2011)
  • Kilian and the unbelievably-fabulous Santa-Claus-proof (Arena, 2011)
  • Dog happiness is a must (Thienemann / Gabriel Verlag, 2012)
  • Was there something? How Daniel took care of Kai (Thienemann / Gabriel Verlag, 2012)
  • The Fearless Fearless (Arena, 2012)
  • Die Kleine Frau Babette and Herr Mann (with Ruth Löbner , Arena, 2012)
  • Tomma and the basement trap (Arena, 2012)
  • Like a splinter in a mosaic (Thienemann / Gabriel Verlag, 2012)
  • The fearless fearless turn the school upside down (Arena, 2013)
  • 3,2,1 - start of school! Quinn's Adventurous First Day of School (Arena, 2013)
  • The incredible story of Wenceslaus, the robber Kawinski, Strupp and the Suseldrusel (Mixtvision, 2014)
  • My life, just now (Coppenrath, 2017)
  • My grandma, the words and me (Tulipan, 2017)
  • Where do I get my freckles from (Thienemann Verlag, 2017)
  • Frido makes stories (Magellan, 2018)
  • When we were orphans once (Tulipan, 2018)
  • Jonna, Grandma and the world in a shoebox (Magellan, 2018)
  • Me and Nikita and the Adopteur (Tulipan, 2018)
  • My mother, the fairy (Tulipan, 2018)
  • Frido in the middle (Magellan, 2019)
  • Do you know marie - The dream of Marie Juchacz (AWO District Association Hanover, 2019)
  • Die Steins - New edition of Like a splinter in a mosaic (Graphiti Verlag, 2019)
  • Mr. Hepperlin and the forgotten shoes (Annette Betz, 2020)
  • Roasted almonds for Grisou (Tulipan, 2020)

Articles in anthologies and literary journals (selection)

  • Karin Gruß (ed.): Who likes to dance alone? (Peter Hammer Verlag, 2020)
  • Wonderful Christmas Season - A House Book with Stories, Songs and Poems (Magellan Verlag, 2019)
  • Christine Knödler (ed.): The sheep in the sky-blue dressing gown (mixtvision, 2016)
  • Katrin Hartmann (ed.): A little bit different (Gulliver, 2015)
  • The Literary Colloquium Berlin (ed.): S-Bahn to Arcadia (Matthes & Seitz, 2013)
  • Literature magazines: Am Erker , LASSO, New Poetry Album , Spurwechsel, Die Novelle, Richtungsding, Mosaik

Editorships

  • Ideas are on the street - With the idea whisperers in the city (mdv Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2019)

Literary translations

  • Monster. Buy us if you dare (Arena Verlag, 2013, book by Élise Gravel)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Huppertz, Nikola
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zerbes, Nikola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Mönchengladbach