Nikolaus Heidelbach

Nikolaus Heidelbach 2007 during a book signing in Cologne

Nikolaus Heidelbach (born December 4, 1955 in Lahnstein / Rhein) is a German picture book illustrator and author.

Nikolaus Heidelbach is the son of the painter Karl Heidelbach (1923–1993). He studied German, art history and theater studies in Cologne and Berlin and now lives as a freelance artist in Cologne.

Special exhibitions

• 2010: Nikolaus Heidelbach and Norman Junge . Ungeheuer , Museum of Applied Arts , Cologne

Awards

• 1982 - Oldenburg Youth Book Prize for The Elephant Meeting or 5 Big Showers
• 1983 - Nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize with Das Elefantentreffen
• 1984 - Troisdorf picture book prize for one night with Wilhelm (2nd prize)
• 1986 - Troisdorf picture book prize for Der Ball (2nd prize)
• 1987 - Nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize with Der Ball or an afternoon with Bertie
• 1988 - Troisdorf picture book prize for caution children (1st prize)
• 1993 - Children's Book Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 1998 - Eulenspiegel Prize for a book for Bruno
• 2000 - Special Illustration Award of the German Youth Literature Award for his complete works
• 2000 - Children's Book Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ill.) For With cat and dog on you and you
• 2007 - Grand Prize of the German Academy for Children's and Young People's Literature eV Volkach
• 2007 - German Youth Literature Prize in the picture book category for Queen Gisela
• 2012 - Pied Piper Literature Prize for When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Seal
• 2018 - Joachim Ringelnatz Prize ("Art" category)

Poems

• Illustrations for Christoph Gottwald : Petrifications - Poems from a big city. 1980.

Children's books and fairy tale illustrations

• Illustrations to Archipoeta. Vagant confession. Cologne, Janus Presse 1981 (100 copies, no children's book)
• The elephant meeting or 5 big show-offs. Beltz & Gelberg, 1982.
• Prince Alfred. Beltz & Gelberg, 1982.
• A night with Wilhelm. Beltz & Gelberg 1984.
• Little fat dance of death. DuMont, 1984.
• The ball or an afternoon with Berti. Beltz & Gelberg, 1986.
• Small alphabet for animal abusers and friends of children. Haffmans, 1986.
• Beware of children. Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1987.
• Illustrations for Christine Nöstlinger: The new Pinocchio. Beltz & Gelberg, 1988.
• Illustrations for Josef Guggenmos: Oh, sorry, said the ant. Beltz & Gelberg, 1990.
• Albrecht Fafner almost alone. Beltz & Gelberg, 1992.
• Illustrations for Paul Maar: The elevator. Beltz & Gelberg, 1993.
• What are the girls doing Beltz & Gelberg, 1993.
• Illustrations for Franz Hohler : The giant and the strawberry jam and other stories. Maier, 1993.
• Children's paradise. Anthology. Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1994.
• Illustrations to fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. Beltz & Gelberg, 1995.
• Illustrations for Christine Nöstlinger: My opposite. Beltz & Gelberg, 1996.
• A book for Bruno. Beltz & Gelberg, 1997.
• Illustrations for Franz Hohler: The Spaghetti Woman. Ravensburger, 1998.
• What are the boys doing Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, 1999.
• Illustrations for David Henry Wilson: Schloss Draussendrin. Beltz & Gelberg, 2000.
• The thirteenth fairy. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim, 2002.
• Illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy tales. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim, 2004.
• Queen Gisela. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim, 2006.
• Illustrations to Franz Hohler: The big book. Carl Hanser Verlag Munich, 2009.
• Illustrations of fairy tales from around the world. Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-407-79973-9 .
• When I grow up, I'll be a seal. 2011.
• Illustrations for August Kopisch: Die Heinzelmännchen. 2012.
• Prince Alfred. 2012.
• Illustrations for Siegfried Lenz: The fishing competition. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2015.
• Rosel from Melaten . Atlantik Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-455-37024-9 .
• Illustrations for Wiglaf Droste : Nomade in Speck. edition Tiamat, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-89320-208-9 .
• Arno and the fixed company with limited liability . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-407-82145-4 .
• Illustrations for Siegfried Lenz: Marvella's joy . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-455-40621-4 .
• Chimney . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2017, ISBN 978-3-407-82308-3 .

additional

In 2016 he was a member of the jury for The Extraordinary Book of the Children and Youth Program of the Berlin International Literature Festival .

Web links

• Literature by and about Nikolaus Heidelbach in the catalog of the German National Library
• Nikolaus Heidelbach: Why I had to illustrate fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Berlin State Library , 2005, archived from the original on October 21, 2008 . 
• Nikolaus Heidelbach. (pdf; 18 kB) In: staatsbibliothek-berlin.de. September 21, 2005, archived from the original (biography). 
• Annette Kautt: Interview with Nikolaus Heidelbach, illustrator. In: rossipotti.de. 2005 . 
• Andreas Platthaus: Secret encounters of the first, second and third kind: the awards and honors of Nikolaus Heidelbach. In: caricatura.de. 2006, archived from the original on September 28, 2007 (preface to the exhibition catalog). 
• Short biography and reviews of works by Nikolaus Heidelbach at perlentaucher.de
• Nikolaus Heidelbach. In: FAZ.net .