Ole Könnecke

Ole Könnecke (born February 26, 1961 in Göttingen ) is a German illustrator and children's book author.

Life

Könnecke spent his childhood in Gothenburg and his youth in Hamburg . After graduating from high school, he studied German at the University of Hamburg . During his studies he started drawing. His distinctive, simple drawing style is reminiscent of comics .

His children's book series about Anton , with which he became widely known since 2004, is reminiscent of The Peanuts in that they too revolve around the dreams and conflicts of a little boy of preschool age. With Desperado. He presented a western in 2019, a fantasy adventure book in which a little hero with his versatile horse Desperado saves his kindergarten teacher who was kidnapped by "Black Bart". The FAZ critic emphasized that Ole Könnecke neither overloaded his pictures nor his stories so that they were "the opposite of hidden objects". A lot is told through the versatile facial expressions of Roy and his horse, but the "simplicity of text and image is only an apparent one".

The author of children's and young adult books has received numerous awards, including the Max and Moritz Prize of the International Comic Salon Erlangen in 2002 for Doctor Dodo writing a book and the German Youth Literature Prize for Die Kurzhosengang in 2005 and another nomination in 2011. Anton kan toveren was 2008 “Picture Book of the Year” in the Netherlands.

Ole Könnecke lives with his family in Hamburg.

Works (selection)

Texts & illustrations

• Lola and the Pirates , Oetinger, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 978-3499209802 .
  • Lola et les Pirates , L'Ecole des Loisirs 2002, ISBN 978-2211064576 .
• Lolas Luftfahrt , Oetinger, Hamburg 1991, ISBN 978-3789167577 .
• Doctor Dodo's trip around the world , Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-7891-6761-4 .
• Fred and the book box , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 978-3551515780 .
• Lola and the Ghost , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 978-3551550880 .
• Elvis and the man in the red coat , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 978-3551515520 .
• Lola and the Tango King , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 978-3551551832 .
• Look! Says the little bear , Beltz, Weinheim 1999, ISBN 978-3407792396 .
• Doctor Dodo writes a book , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 978-3551756411 .
• Don't be a frog, Malin! , Hanser Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 978-3446201156 .
• Anton and the girls , Sanssouci Verlag, 2004, ISBN 978-3725414178 .
• Anton can do magic , Hanser Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3446206939 .
  • Anton can do Magic , Gecko Press, Wellington 2010, ISBN 9781877467363 .
• Anton's secret. A finished coloring book , Hanser Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3446208575 .
• Anton and the leaves , Hanser Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3446208940 .
• The Big Bad Bill , Beltz, Weinheim 2008, ISBN 978-3407760586 .
• Anton and the Christmas present , Hanser Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3446230958 .
• The big book of pictures and words , Hanser Verlag, Munich 2010. ISBN 978-3-446-23588-5 .
• The adventures of Lester and Bob , Aladin Verlag, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8489-2050-1 .
• Sport is wonderful , Hanser Verlag, Munich 2017. ISBN 978-3-446-25484-8 .
  • Sports are Fantastic Fun! , Gecko Press, Wellington 2018, ISBN 978-1-776572-01-4 .
• Desperado. A western. , Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-446-26434-2 .

Illustrations

• James Krüss : Singing War of the Heidehasen , 2002
• Zoran Drvenkar : You again , 2003
• Rafik Schami : How I took away dad's fear of strangers , 2003
• Thomas Winding: Grandfather's Tales of Animals . Translation: Gabriele Haefs . 2003
• Victor Caspak and Yves Lanois : The short pants gang . Translation: Andreas Steinhöfel . 2004
• Gunnel Linde : Joppa . Translation: Birgitta Kicherer. 2005
• Jan Weiler : Here comes Max! Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-21520-9 .

Translations

• Ulf Nilsson : The best funerals in the world . With pictures by Eva Eriksson . Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3-89565-174-8 .
• Ulf Nilsson: When Grandma got weird . With pictures by Eva Eriksson. Moritz Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89565-196-0 .
• Ulf Nilsson: When we were alone in the world . With pictures by Eva Eriksson. Moritz Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89565-212-7 .
• Ulf Nilsson: excavator tractor swift . With pictures by Sarah Sheppard. Moritz Verlag, 2011
• Ulf Nilsson: The best singer in the world . With pictures by Eva Eriksson. Moritz Verlag, 2012.
• Ulf Nilsson: heart pain . With pictures by Lena Ellermann. Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2013. ISBN 978-3-89565-262-2 .
• Ulf Nilsson: Commissioner Gordon. The first case. With pictures by Gitte Spee. Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-89565-288-2 .
• Ulf Nilsson: Commissioner Gordon. The last case. With pictures by Gitte Spee. Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-89565-308-7 .
• Ulf Nilsson: Commissioner Gordon. Yet another case. With pictures by Gitte Spee. Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-89565-328-5

Awards

• 1998 Children's Book Prize from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for Lola and the Ghost
• 2002 Max and Moritz Prize for Doctor Dodo writes a book
• 2003 “Falling Out of Line” (April 2003) for grandfather's stories about animals
• 2004 Illustration Prize for Children's and Young People's Books for How I took Papa's fear of strangers away
• 2005 German Youth Literature Prize for Die Kurzhosengang
• 2007 Jury of the Young Readers Shortlist for the Picture Book Prize: Anton can do magic
• 2007 Toad of the Month October for Anton and the Leaves
• 2008 picture book of the year in the Netherlands: Anton can do magic
• 2008 Children's Book Prize from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for Anton and the sheets
• 2010 Toad of the Month for February for The Big Book of Pictures and Words

• 2012 Spring / Summer List Book Start Club

• 2011 nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize

Web links

• Literature by and about Ole Könnecke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ole Könnecke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Short biography and reviews of works by Ole Könnecke at perlentaucher.de
• hanser-literaturverlage.de: Author profile Ole Könnecke
• Ole Könnecke: "In old age one becomes childish" , the time of October 1, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ole Könnecke - Biogram , accessed January 7, 2020
2. ↑ Anna Vollmer: Ole Könnecke's "Desperado": The adventure is around the corner , review in the FAZ on January 7, 2020, accessed January 7, 2020