Rotraut Susanne Berner

Illustration by Berner in The Number Devil (1997)

Rotraut Susanne Berner (born 26 August 1948 in Stuttgart) is a German graphic designer and illustrator.^[1] She illustrated The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensberger.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[3]

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.^[4][5][6] and she won it in 2016.^[7]

References

1. "Rotraut Susanne Berner". Goethe-Institut. Goethe-Institut. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
2. Gardner, Michael (8 November 1998). "It All Adds Up". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
3. Giersberg, Dagmar. "Stories Without Words: Rotraut Susanne Berner’s Wimmel Books". Goethe Institut. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
4. "2002". Hans Christian Andersen Awards. International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Press release with other contemporary material. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
5. "2004". Hans Christian Andersen Awards. IBBY. Press release with other contemporary material. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
6. "2014 Awards", Hans Christian Andersen Awards. IBBY. With contemporary material including the 17 March 2014 shortlist press release. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
7. http://www.ibby.org/1568.0.html

External links

• Official website
• Rotraut Susanne Berner at Library of Congress Authorities, with 17 catalogue records
• Cornelia Rémi: Reading as Playing. The Cognitive Challenge of the Wimmelbook. In: Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (ed.): Emergent Literacy - Children's Books from 0 to 3. Studies in Written Language and Literacy. Bd 13. John Benjamins, Amsterdam 2011, S. 115–139, ISBN 90-272-1808-0 (Pre-print, online).