Judith Kerr
1923
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2019
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Germany, United Kingdom
educated at: Central School of Art and Design
occupation: writer, illustrator, autobiographer, children's writer, screenwriter, contributing editor
award received: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
Anna Judith Gertrud Helene Kerr (surname pronounced KAR German pronunciation: [kɛʁ]; 14 June 1923 – 22 May 2019) was a German-born British writer and illustrator whose books sold more than 10 million copies around the world. She created both enduring picture books such as the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came to Tea and acclaimed novels for older children such as the semi-autobiographical When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, which gave a child's-eye view of escaping Hitler's persecution in the Second World War. Born in the Weimar Republic, she came to Britain with her family in 1935 to escape persecution during the rise of the Nazis. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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