Janosch

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Janosch
Born	Horst Eckert (1931-03-11) 11 March 1931 (age 90) Hindenburg, Poland
Occupation	Writer, illustrator
Nationality	German
Genre	Children's picture books
Notable works	Janoschs Traumstunde

The place in Hindenburg at which the house of Janosch's birth used to stand (now demolished)

Janosch (German: [ˈjaːnɔʃ] (listen), born as Horst Eckert on 11 March 1931) is one of the best-known German-language children's book authors and illustrators. He was born in Hindenburg (now Zabrze, Poland) in Upper Silesia to a family of mixed German and Polish origin. He said in an interview that he is Silesian of nationality.^[1]

After World War II, the family fled to West Germany. In the area of Oldenburg, Janosch worked in a textile mill. In 1953, he went to Munich, where he studied for some terms at the Academy of Arts, but broke off his studies eventually. Afterwards, he worked as a freelance artist. In 1960, his first book for children was published with , a friend of his, who also persuaded him to take on the penname Janosch. Within the next 10 years, numerous books for children followed with different publishing houses.

He also published books for adults, in which he deals with his childhood experiences of growing up with an abusive father and a God-fearing mother, constantly recurring topics being friendship, family relationships, and the quest for the meaning of life.

Amongst his most famous figures is the Tigerente that appears in Oh, wie schön ist Panama and the stories around the little tiger and the little bear.

By 1980, he had published over 100 books for children in nearly 30 languages. By then, he had left Germany, and^[when?] lives on the island of Tenerife in the Atlantic Ocean.

Awards[]

Among others, he has received the following awards:

• 1975: Literaturpreis der Stadt München
• 1979: German Youth Literature Award
• 1984: Zilveren Griffel
• 1993: Bundesverdienstkreuz

Works[]

In German, Janosch published until today about 150 books which in part were translated into 30 languages.^[2]

• . , Munich 1960.
• . , Munich 1960.
• . , Munich 1960.
• . , Munich 1960.
• . , Munich 1964.
• . , Munich 1964, ISBN 3-407-79316-2.
• . , Cologne 1968, DNB 457091916.
• . , Recklinghausen 1970, ISBN 3-7903-0125-6.
• . , Weinheim 1971, ISBN 3-407-80207-2.
• . dtv, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-423-07025-0.
• . , Munich 1975, ISBN 3-570-00047-8.
• . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1976, ISBN 3-407-80518-7.
• . , Weinheim 1977, ISBN 3-407-80526-8.
• . , Weinheim 1978, ISBN 3-407-80538-1.
• . , Weinheim 1978, ISBN 3-407-80533-0.
• . , Weinheim 1979, ISBN 3-407-80758-9; , 2001, ISBN 3-87536-218-7.
• . , Weinheim 1979, ISBN 3-407-80555-1.
• . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-423-07506-6.
• . , Weinheim 1980, ISBN 3-407-78031-1.
• . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1980, ISBN 3-407-80570-5.
• . , Weinheim 1981, ISBN 3-407-80585-3.
• . , Weinheim 1983, ISBN 3-407-80270-6.
• . , Zürich 1985, ISBN 3-407-79335-9.
• . , Zürich 1987, ISBN 3-257-00689-6.
• . , Recklinghausen 1989, ISBN 3-931081-05-2.
• . . , 1990, ISBN 3-926112-26-3.
• . , Recklinghausen 1990, ISBN 3-7903-0388-7.
• . Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-442-30417-2.
• . , 1992, ISBN 3-926112-34-4.
• . Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-442-30442-3.
• . , Munich 1992, ISBN 3-576-10038-5.
• . Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-442-30443-1.
• . , 1994, ISBN 3-926112-25-5.
• . , Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-423-70389-X.
• . , Chur 1995, DNB 949586870.
• . , Chur 1995, DNB 94958696X.
• . Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-442-30626-4.
• . Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-442-30662-0.
• . , 1998, ISBN 3-926112-79-4.
• . , Munich 1999, ISBN 3-576-11318-5.
• . Bassermann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-8094-1239-2.
• . Bassermann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-8094-1240-6.
• . Bassermann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-8094-1238-4.
• . Bassermann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-8094-1237-6.
• . Bassermann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-8094-1371-2.
• . Bassermann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-8094-1369-0.
• . , Munich 2006, ISBN 3-570-21622-5.
• . Heyne Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-453-12089-2.

Tigerente[]

'Tigerente at the Babelsberg Studio

The Tigerente (lit., tiger duck) is a children's book character created by the German artist and author Janosch. It is a little wooden toy duck on wheels, striped black on yellow, that is pulled around on a string by various characters of Janosch's books. It never has a line of dialogue, but still has become by far the most popular figure ever created by the author. The Tigerente has since appeared on a wide range of products including posters, postcards, , buttons, mugs, socks, umbrellas, cutlery, and nearly every item of imaginable, and has been the namesake and mascot of the German TV show Tigerenten Club, all without ever uttering a single line. In the English translation of the book "" the Tigerente is actually referred to as 'tiger duck'.

The story has been made into a contemporary opera "" by Lin Wang. The opera was premiered at Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2013, and was a sold-out event.

References[]

External links[]

• Janosch in the German National Library catalogue
• (in German) Official Homepage
• (in German) About Janosch