Boy Lornsen (7 August 1922 – 26 July 1995) was a German sculptor and author of children's literature, writing both in

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and in Platt. Lornsen served as pilot and radio operator in the German

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during

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. After the war, he was educated as a sculptor at

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. He worked as a sculptor into the 1960s. In 1967, he published his first children's book, about a boy who helps a robot with his homework, Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt. The book was a success, and was adapted for television in 1972. Lornsen was a member of P.E.N. from 1981. Lornsen's books were translated into numerous languages, including Greek, Japanese and Norwegian. In 1980, his ''Jakobus Nimmersatt'' was adapted by Japan's

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studio into a TV special, ''Nodoka Mori no Dobutsu Daisakusen'' (''The Great Plan of the Animals of Placid Forest''), directed by Yoshio Kuroda; the special was released in English under two different titles, ''Back to the Forest'' and ''Peter of Placid Forest''.

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was named after one of his poems: ''Der Tintenfisch Paul Oktopus''.

Bibliography

* '' Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt'' (1967) * ''Jakobus Nimmersatt'' (1968) * ''Abakus an mini-Max'' (1970) * ''Barrnabas und seine Welt'' (1972) * ''Feuer im Nacken'' (1974) * ''Der Brandstifter von Tarafal'' (1974) * ''Dies und das kann Fridolin'' (1978) * ''Gottes Freund und aller Welt Feind'' (1980) * ''Auf Kaperfahrt mit der Friedlichen Jenny'' (1982) * ''

Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch (; ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch people, Dutch painter from Duchy of Brabant, Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, gene ...

'' (1983) * ''Williwitt und Fischermann'' (1983) * ''Williwitt und der große Sturm'' (1983) * ''Williwitt und Vogelmeier'' (1984) * ''Ferien im Storchendorf'' (1984) * ''Sinfunikonzert - 13 plattdeutsche Gedichte'' (1984) * ''Tim Träumer'' (1985) * ''Wasser, Wind und Williwitt'' (1985) * ''Nis Puk in der Luk'' (1985) * ''Traugott und Das Wildschwein'' (1985) * ''Der Hase mit dem halben Ohr'' (1986) * ''Tante Jeske'' (1986) * ''Seenotrettungskreuzer Adolph Bermpohl'' (1987) * ''Nis Puk - Mit der Schule stimmt was nicht'' (1988) * ''Sie wohnen hinter dem Deich'' (1989) * ''Schiffe: vom Einbaum zum Ozeanriesen'' (1989) * ''Die Möwe und der Gartenzwerg oder...'' (1989) * ''Sien Schöpfung un wat achterno keem'' (1991) (als Hörbuch udio-CD2002 im Quickborn-Verlag) * ''Nis Puk und die Wintermacher'' (1993) * ''Das Wrack vor der Küste'' (1993) * ''Jesus von Nazareth. Een Stremel Weltgeschicht'' (1994) * '' Klaus Störtebeker''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lornsen, Boy 1922 births 1995 deaths Frisian writers German male sculptors German World War II pilots North Frisians People from Sylt People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein 20th-century German sculptors German male writers German Frisians