Rotraut Susanne Berner
1948
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country of citizenship: Germany
native language: German
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
occupation: illustrator, writer, children's writer, editor, graphic artist
award received: Großer Preis der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V. Volkach, Kiddo Leespluim, Silver Brush, Schwabing Art Prize
official website: www.rotraut-susanne-berner.de
Rotraut Susanne Berner (born 26 August 1948, in Stuttgart) is a German graphic designer and illustrator. She illustrated The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensberger.She is well known for a series of popular children's book, called Wimmelbilderbuch, which have attained a worldwide circulation of close to 500,000 copies in fifteen countries.Working as a freelance illustrator, she has focused on books for children and young adults, illustrating more than 80 such books and designing over 800 book covers.For her contribution as a children's illustrator Berner was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002, 2004, and 2014, and she won it in 2016. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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