Jürg Schubiger (14 October 1936 – 15 September 2014) was a

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psychotherapist and writer of

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. He won the

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(German Youth Literature Award) in 1996 for ''Als die Welt noch jung war''. For his "lasting contribution" as a children's writer Schubiger received the biennial

Hans Christian Andersen Medal The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are two literary awards given by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their "lasting contribution to children's literature". Th ...

in 2008. The award conferred by the

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is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books.

Life

Schubiger was born in

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and raised in

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. He graduated from the

University of Zürich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...

in German Studies, Psychology and Philosophy. He wrote his PhD thesis on

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...

. He most recently lived in Zürich. Schubiger died in 2014, aged 77, four weeks and one day before his 78th birthday.

Works

Children's

* '' Dieser Hund heißt Himmel''. Tag- und Nachtgeschichten. Illustrated by Klaus Steffens. Beltz & Gelberg,

Weinheim Weinheim (; ) is a town with about 43,000 inhabitants in northwest Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, approximately north of Heidelberg and northeast of Mannheim. Weinheim is known as the "Zwei-Burgen-Sta ...

1978, * '' Das Löwengebrüll''. Märchen, Geschichten. Beltz & Gelberg,

1988, * '' Als die Welt noch jung war''. Beltz & Gelberg,

1995, ; Taschenbuch ebd. 2000, ** '' When the World was New: Stories'' Annick Press Ltd., 1996, * '' Mutter, Vater, ich und sie''. Erzählung. Beltz & Gelberg,

1997, ; Taschenbuch ebd. 2001, * '' Wo ist das Meer?'' Geschichten. Beltz & Gelberg,

2000, ; Taschenbuch ebd. 2003, * '' Seltsame Abenteuer des Don Quijote''.

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Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

2003, * '' Die Geschichte von Wilhelm Tell''. Nagel & Kimche,

München Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

2003, ; DTV,

2006, * '' Aller Anfang'' (with Franz Hohler). Beltz & Gelberg,

2006, * ''

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''.

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2007, * '' Zebra, Zecke, Zauberwort'' (with Isabel Pin).

2009, * '' Der Wind hat Geburtstag''.

2010, * '' De Strubelpeter''. Mundartfassung. Elfundzehn,

Eglisau Eglisau is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Bülach (district), Bülach in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zürich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. History Eglisau is first mentioned in 892 as several indepe ...

2010,

Prose

* '' Barbara''. Erzählung. Tschudy, St. Gallen 1956 * '' Guten Morgen''. Eine Erzählung. Tschudy, St. Gallen 1958 * '' Die vorgezeigten Dinge''. Geschichten. , Gümligen 1972, * '' Haus der Nonna: Eine Kindheit in Tessin'' (with Joli Schubiger-Cedraschi). Huber,

Frauenfeld Frauenfeld (Alemannic German, Alemannic: ''Frauefäld'') is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Thurgau, Thurgau in Switzerland. The official language of Frauenfeld is (the Swiss variety of Standard) Swiss Standard Ge ...

1980; überarbeitete Neuausgabe:

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1996, * '' Unerwartet grün''. Luchterhand,

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the ...

1983, * '' Hin- und Hergeschichten'' (with Franz Hohler). Nagel & Kimche,

1986, ; Fischer Taschenbuch,

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

1989, * '' Hinterlassene Schuhe''. Novel. Nagel & Kimche,

1989, * '' Haller und Helen''. Novel. Haymon,

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

2002, * '' Das Ausland''.

2003, * '' Du stehst in meinen Leben herum''. Journal zu zweit (mit Renate Schubiger). , Oberhofen 2004, * '' Die kleine Liebe''. Novel. Haymon,

2008,

References

External links

Schubiger's blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schubiger, Jurg 1936 births 2014 deaths Swiss children's writers Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing winners Psychotherapists Writers from Zurich People from Winterthur University of Zurich alumni