Jürg Schubiger

Jürg Schubiger (14 October 1936 – 15 September 2014) was a Swiss psychotherapist and writer of children's books. He won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Award) in 1996 for Als die Welt noch jung war.[1]

Jürg Schubiger
Schubiger in March 2014
Born14 October 1936
Zürich, Switzerland
Died15 September 2014
NationalitySwiss
OccupationPsychotherapist and children's writer

For his "lasting contribution" as a children's writer Schubiger received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2008. The award conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books.[2][3]

Life

Schubiger was born in Zürich and raised in Winterthur, Switzerland. He graduated from the University of Zürich in German Studies, Psychology and Philosophy.[4] He wrote his PhD thesis on Franz Kafka. He most recently lived in Zürich. Schubiger died in 2014, aged 77, four weeks and one day before his 78th birthday.[5]

Works

Children's
  • Dieser Hund heißt Himmel. Tag- und Nachtgeschichten. Illustrated by Klaus Steffens. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1978, ISBN 3-407-80541-1
  • Das Löwengebrüll. Märchen, Geschichten. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1988, ISBN 3-407-80190-4
  • Als die Welt noch jung war. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1995, ISBN 3-407-79653-6; Taschenbuch ebd. 2000, ISBN 3-407-78393-0
    • When the World was New: Stories Annick Press Ltd., 1996, ISBN 978-1-55037-500-8
  • Mutter, Vater, ich und sie. Erzählung. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1997, ISBN 3-407-79748-6; Taschenbuch ebd. 2001, ISBN 3-407-78479-1
  • Wo ist das Meer? Geschichten. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2000, ISBN 3-407-79806-7; Taschenbuch ebd. 2003, ISBN 3-407-78554-2
  • Seltsame Abenteuer des Don Quijote. Aufbau, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-351-04046-6
  • Die Geschichte von Wilhelm Tell. Nagel & Kimche, München 2003, ISBN 3-312-00942-1; DTV, München 2006, ISBN 3-423-62268-7
  • Aller Anfang (with Franz Hohler). Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2006, ISBN 3-407-79914-4
  • Der weiße und der schwarze Bär. Hammer, Wuppertal 2007, ISBN 978-3-7795-0078-0
  • Zebra, Zecke, Zauberwort (with Isabel Pin). Hammer, Wuppertal 2009, ISBN 978-3-7795-0226-5
  • Der Wind hat Geburtstag. Hammer, Wuppertal 2010, ISBN 978-3-7795-0282-1
  • De Strubelpeter. Mundartfassung. Elfundzehn, Eglisau 2010, ISBN 978-3-905769-20-3

Prose

References
  1. "Jürg Schubiger". Litrix.de. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. "Hans Christian Andersen Awards". International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Retrieved 2013-07-30.
  3. "2008" (directory). Hans Christian Andersen Awards. IBBY. With presentation speech by Zohreh Ghaeni (7 September 2008), acceptance speech by Schubiger, and other contemporary material. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
  4. "Jürg Schubiger". Goethe Institut. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  5. "Schweizer Schriftsteller Jürg Schubiger gestorben". orf.at (in German). 16 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
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