Pat Hutchins
Patricia Evelyn Hutchins (born June 18, 1942 in Yorkshire , † November 7, 2017 in London ) was a British illustrator and children's book author. She won in 1974 for her book The Wind Blew ( The wind was blowing ) the Kate Greenaway Medal of the Library Association for the best children's book of the year, which was illustrated by a British. The picture book in rhyme form was also written by her.
Hutchins was married to the illustrator Laurence Hutchins ; they had two children.
Life
Hutchins was one of six children. She won a scholarship to the Darlington School of Art in 1958 and continued her studies in illustration at Leeds College of Art in 1960, where she graduated in 1962. She then worked for an advertising company in London until she married Laurence Hutchins in 1966 and moved with him to New York City for two years. There she worked on her first picture book, Rosie's Walk , which was published in 1968 by The Bodley Head and Macmillan US. In the USA it competed for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.
Pat Hutchins wrote novels for young readers, some of which were illustrated by her husband Laurence, and more than twenty picture books. Not only did she win the Greenway Medal in 1974, her 1979 book One-Eyed Jack was also nominated.
The picture book Rosie's Walk is cited as an example of the successful use of irony in a picture book for toddlers, since text and illustration represent opposing actions.
From 1995 to 1996, Hutchins presented and played the role of artistic narrowboat owner on the British children's television program "Rosie and Jim". She then also illustrated books for the franchise.
In 1973 her picture book Herr Fissen wants to know what time it is (Stalling Verlag 1972; original title: Clocks and more clocks ) was nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize in the picture book category.
Publications published in German
- Much ado about Leo . Herder-Verlag, Freiburg 1991, ISBN 978-3-451-22366-2
- It's Felix's birthday . Carlsen-Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1980, ISBN 978-3-551-53890-1
- Pitt is small . Carlsen-Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1980, ISBN 978-3-551-53889-5
- Mr. Fissen wants to know what time it is . Stalling-Verlag, Oldenburg 1972, ISBN 978-3-7979-2202-1
- When Änne the hen goes for a walk . Stalling-Verlag, Oldenburg 1969
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Pat Hutchins in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ homepages.uni-tuebingen.de (PDF), archive link
- ↑ Elena Di Giovanni: Writing and Translating for Children. Peter Lang, 2010, ISBN 978-90-5201-660-3 , p. 133 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ↑ B. Kümmerling-Meibauer: In the jungle of the text. Kipling's Jungle Books and the Principle of Asymmetrical Intertextuality . In: HH. Ewers, U. Nassen, C. Pohlmann, K. Richter, R. Steinlein (eds.): Children's and youth literature research 2000/2001 . JB Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-476-02818-1_4
- ↑ djlp.jugendliteratur.org , archive link
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hutchins, Pat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hutchins, Patricia Evelyn (full name); Blew the wind |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British illustrator and children's author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th November 2017 |
| Place of death | London |