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Ali Mitgutsch

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Alfons Mitgutsch, known as Ali Mitgutsch (German: [ˈaːli ˈmɪtˌɡʊt͡ʃ] ; born 21 August 1935) is a German author of picture books and a professional advertising Illustrator. He is known as father of the Wimmelbilder books.[1]

Early life

Mitgutsch was born in Munich, Germany. As a child the Mitgutsch family was evacuated to Allgäu in World War II due to bombing in Munich.[2] After returning to Munich he trained at Graphical Academy as a lithographer.

Career

In the 1960s, Kurt Seelmann, a child psychologist inspired him to create a special kind of picture book for children.

Mitgutsch became famous for his Wimmelbilder-books. These books show everyday scenes in a single painting across the pages on top. Rundherum in meiner Stadt (Around in my city) released in 1968 is the first book in the series.[3]

Mitgutsch lives in Munich, the city inspires his paintings.[1]

Awards

Publications

  • Mitgutsch, Ali; Gregorzewski, Ingmar (May 2015). Herzanzünder: Mein Leben als Kind. dtv Verlagsgesellschaft. ISBN 978-3-423-28057-0.

Picture books

  • Pepes Hut (1959)
  • Ulus abenteuerliche Reise (1960 im Münchener Bilderbuch Verlag)
  • Nico findet einen Schatz (1961)
  • Rundherum in meiner Stadt (1968 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis)
  • Bei uns im Dorf (1970) (In our Village)
  • Komm mit ans Wasser (1971)
  • Auf dem Lande
  • Rund ums Rad (1975)
  • Rund ums Schiff (1977)
  • Hier in den Bergen (1979)
  • Was wimmelt denn da (What's teeming here)
  • Die Hexe und die sieben Fexe
  • Unsere große Stadt (1988)
  • Ritterbuch (Knightsbook)
  • Engel in der Werkstatt
  • Aufbruch der Weihnachtsmänner
  • Mein schönstes Wimmelbilderbuch
  • Das große Piraten-Wimmelbuch
  • Alle spielen mit
  • Mein riesengroßes Piraten-Wimmelbuch
  • Mein riesengroßes Wimmel-Suchbuch (2010)
  • Fizzel baut eine Burg (Fizzel is building a castle), Otto Maier, Ravensburg,1992, Reihe Kleine Ravensburger
  • Vom Korn zum Brot (From grain to bread)

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b (German) Boris Berg: Der Vater der Wimmelbücher – Zum 80. Geburtstag von Ali Mitgutsch, Bayerischer Rundfunk vom 21. August 2015 (archive.org) (YouTube)
  2. ^ (German) Wimmelbild-Erfinder Ali Mitgutsch: Da kommt er, der Träumer!, spiegel.de, Artikel vom 13.
  3. ^ (German) Magnus Klaue, Zur Renaissance der Wimmelbücher, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No. 65, 18.
  4. ^ Auszeichnungen
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Wimmelbuch-Autor: Orden für Ali Mitgutsch, Neue Presse vom 11 October 2018, p. 17
  7. ^ http://www.bezirk-oberbayern.de/Kultur/Auszeichnungen-Preise/Oberbayerischer-Kulturpreis