Nina Rauprich

Nina Rauprich (born February 20, 1938 in Bielefeld ) is a German author for children and young people .

Rauprich first learned the profession of agricultural-technical assistant, then studied plant breeding and agriculture in Göttingen , then completed an acting training at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Berlin and then worked for several years as a stage, film and television actress. After her marriage and the birth of her three children, she began to write, initially only for her own children. Since 1978 she has been publishing books for children and young people that address problems of environmental and species protection, the difficulties of marginalized groups, family crises, etc.

Nina Rauprich lives in Bad Münstereifel .

Works (selection)

• Martin and his Ki-Wau-Miau
• Spöki and the television
• I am 16 and live in Friedensdorf
• Lena is different
• Let the eagle owl live , 1985
• The gentle giants of the seas , 1990
• The girl under the bridge 1993
• The adventurous escape of Carl Kroll , 1994
• The year with Anne , 1997
• Cologne-Leipzig and back , 2000
• Elephant Island , 2003
• Suburban roulette , 2006
• What's wrong with my brother
• In the shadow of the great Shiva
• Like wolves in the night

Prizes and awards

• Friedrich Gerstäcker Prize 1994 for Carl Kroll's Adventurous Escape .

Web links

• Literature by and about Nina Rauprich in the catalog of the German National Library
• Nina Rauprich in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
• www.dtv.de - author's website at dtv