Valija Zinck

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Valija Zinck, 2019

Valija Zinck (* 1976 in Ingolstadt ) is a German children's book - author .

Life

She studied contemporary dance in Freiburg im Breisgau and San Francisco , has worked as a freelance choreographer and dance teacher for over 15 years , teaches dance for children and adults and has directed youth music projects. As a choreographer, she was responsible for living life , a piece about getting old and being young in the Berlin Saalbau Neukölln 2010, Der Klicktrip , a solo performance in the Kunstverein Freiburg and Ohoma City , a performance as part of the 3rd Tanzbanale in the Freiburg Theater in 2006. After After the birth of her second child, she began to write and in 2016 published the children's book Jakob und die Hempels unterm Sofa . Valija Zinck lives with her family in Berlin.

She describes the books by Terry Pratchett , Otfried Preussler's Krabat and Kirsten Fuchs Mädchenmeute as defining for her . In 2017 her second book Penelop und der Funkrote Zauber was nominated for the Zurich Children's Book Prize and awarded the Ulmer Unke in the age category 10–12 years and the Golden Book Pirate for 2017. Her book Dragon Awakening received the Leipzig Reading Compass in the age category 10-14 years, awarded by the Leipzig Book Fair and the Reading Foundation in 2019 .

Works

  • Penelop and the magical blue night . Illustrations by Annabelle von Sperber, Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main 2020, ISBN 978-3-7373-4223-0
  • Dragon lights . Illustrations by Annabelle von Sperber, Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main 2019, ISBN 978-3-7373-4155-4
  • Dragon awakening . Illustrations by Annabelle von Sperber, Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-7373-4126-4
  • Penelop and the sparkling red magic . Illustrations by Annabelle von Sperber, Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main 2017, ISBN 978-3-7373-4078-6
  • Jakob and the Hempels under the sofa . Illustrations by Stefanie Jeschke, Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-7373-4035-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KoreografenKollektiv: Choreografien . Retrieved February 10, 2018
  2. ↑ The Blue Side: Interview with Valija Zinck . Retrieved August 11, 2020
  3. ↑ boersenblatt.net: Zurich Children's Book Prize is being reissued , from August 24, 2017. Accessed February 10, 2018
  4. ↑ Ulmer Unke Children's and Young People's Book Prize: These are the 2017 winners . Retrieved February 10, 2018
  5. ↑ Rhenish reading festival for children and young adults Captain Book: Valija Zinck . Retrieved February 10, 2018
  6. ^ S. Fischer Publisher : Vita . Retrieved February 10, 2018
  7. ↑ Press release of the Reading Foundation: Leipzig Reading Compass 2019: These books get children to read from March 21, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Zinck, Valija
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author of books for children and young people
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Ingolstadt