Roberto Innocenti
Roberto Innocenti (born February 16, 1940 near Florence ) is an Italian illustrator and author.
Life
Innocenti is self-taught. At the age of 18 he went to Rome and worked in an animation studio. Innocenti illustrated an edition of Nutcracker and Mouse King by ETA Hoffmann , Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and Das Medaillon by Andrea Camilleri and Moshe Kahn .
He is best known for his picture book Rosa Weiss (1986), which is counted as the first picture book on the subject of the Holocaust . This work not only generated a whole wave of picture books on the Holocaust, but also a lively debate both for and against the treatment of the Shoah with children. After Rosa Weiss, Innocenti illustrated another picture book on this subject. Erika's story was published in Germany in 2002. The texts are by Ruth Vander Zee . The influence of his second Holocaust picture book can by no means be compared with that of the first work.
Awards
- Bologna Ragazzi Award 1986 as an honorable mention for Rosa Weiss
- Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize for children's and young people's books 1987 for Rosa Weiss (text by Mirjam Pressler )
- Owl of the month 09/2002 for Das Hotel zur Sehnsucht
- Premio Andersen 2001 for Cenerentola
- LUCHS 197 July 2003 for Erika's story (text by Ruth Vander Zee )
- Illustration prize for children's and young people's books 2006 for Pinocchio (text by Carlo Collodi )
- Hans Christian Andersen Prize 2008, together with Jürg Schubiger
publication
- Text by J. Patrick Lewis: A house told , translated by Mirjam Pressler , Verlag Sauerländer, Mannheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-7941-5248-3
literature
- Jens Thiele: About the difficulty of depicting the Holocaust in a picture book. An addendum to Rosa Weiss and first notes on Judith and Lisa . In: Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. Their representation and processing in German children's and youth literature, pp. 137–147, Oldenburger Stadtmuseum. Oldenburg: Library and Information System of the University of Oldenburg, 1988.
- Malte Dahrendorf (Ed.): The representation of the Holocaust in children's and youth literature . Weinheim: 1999.
Web links
- Literature by and about Roberto Innocenti in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Roberto Innocenti at perlentaucher.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Innocenti, Roberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |