Regina Rusch

Regina Rusch-Otto (* 1945 in Hamburg ; † September 8, 2017 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German freelance writer of mainly children's and youth literature.

Life

After studying literature, history and philosophy, she first worked as a journalist (including for Stern and the Hamburger Morgenpost ) and in adult education. Her move to Frankfurt-Kalbach (1980) prompted her to be culturally active as part of neighborhood initiatives; Together with her colleagues she founded the Kalbach Children's Association in 1983 and the Kalbach Children's Book Fair in 1985. From 1987 onwards, this fair resulted in a book lending facility, initially at her home, later in the old town hall of Kalbach.

Even before her first children's book was published in 1987, she was the initiator of children's writing competitions together with the trade union magazine metall .

Regina Rusch was the founder of the first German children's book award in 1988, which consists of a purely children's jury, the Kalbach rattlesnake . She headed the club for 12 years.

In her books for children and young people she mainly dealt with the topic of tolerance .

Prizes and awards

Regina Rusch received several awards for her literary and editorial work on children's poetry.

• 1989 the " Göttingen Bookmark "
• 1998 Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class awarded by Roman Herzog
• 2001 the Bad Wildbad Youth Literature Prize

Works

Non-fiction

• This is not how the world should be. Children write about their future as an editor with articles by Horst-Eberhard Richter and Gudrun Pausewang , Anrich Verlag, 1989. ISBN 978-3891060766
• Suddenly everything is completely different. Children write about our country . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verein, 1993. ISBN 978-3423303804
• Violence. Children write about experiences, fears, ways out . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1994. ISBN 978-3423304351
• Pure. Really trendy. Sport and adventure with Kirstin Otto. Beltz Verlag, 2003. ISBN 978-3407755148

Novels / short stories

• Disturbance of the peace - how pensioner Prietzel got children . Anrich Verlag, 1990. ISBN 978-3928352390
• In the middle of spring . Arena Verlag, 1996. ISBN 978-3401018713
• Fidgety . Anrich Verlag, 1996. ISBN 978-3891060629
• Johanna, we are strong . Arena Verlag, 9th edition 1996. ISBN 978-3401018287
• The shadows from the Gallows Mountain . Arena Verlag, 1999. ISBN 978-3401049472
• Holidays with a tailwind . Arena Verlag, 1999. ISBN 978-3401048949
• The spirits from the knight's grave . Arena Verlag, 2001. ISBN 978-3401052113
• The few toads! with pictures by Regina Kehn . cbj Verlag, 2003. ISBN 978-3570127636
• The spirits of the mountain of the damned . Arena Verlag, 2003. ISBN 978-3401055596
• Not with Timo! A story about violence at school . Omnibus Verlag, 2007. ISBN 978-3570218242
• Amira, you belong to us! A children's novel about deportation . Arena Verlag, 2009. ISBN 978-3401027951
• I live here now! The story of an immigrant family with pictures by Edda Skibbe . cbj Verlag, 2010. ISBN 978-3570221051
• Two school cones for Lissi . cbj Verlag, 2011. ISBN 978-3570222409

Web links

• Literature by and about Regina Rusch in the catalog of the German National Library
• Former homepage of the initiator Regina Rusch (with illus.) ( Memento from March 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kalbacher Rattlesnake: Obituary Regina Rusch , last viewed on January 16, 2019
2. ^ History of the Kalbach rattlesnake ( Memento from February 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Kalbach Children's Library , last viewed on January 16, 2019
4. ↑ Entry Regina Rusch on randomhouse.de , last viewed on January 16, 2019