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Judith Kerr

ジュディス・カー

Judisu Kā

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1923-06-14 （Berlin）
Died
2019-05-22 （Barnes, London） age 95
Nationality
German, British
Languages
English, German
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Berlin (1923-1933) → Switzerland (1933) → France (1933-1936) → London (1936-2019)

Career

Occupations
writer, illustrator
Active Years
1968-2019
Nominations
British Book Awards Illustrator of the Year (2019)

Education

Central School of Arts and Crafts
Arts
Period: 第二次世界大戦後
Country: United Kingdom
Awarded a scholarship

Awards

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
2012
Category: 子供文学およびホロコースト教育への貢献
Organization: British Government
Result: 受賞
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
1974
Work: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Organization: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

1968 Picture book

A tiger visits a family for tea and eats all the food in this humorous picture book.

familyimaginationhumour
Adaptations
  • [Stage]
Translations
  • Translated into multiple languages

Bibliography

  • The Tiger Who Came to Tea (1968)
  • Mog series
  • When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (1971)

Adaptations

  • When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit film adaptation (2019)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
simple and engaging stylechild's-eye viewself-illustrated
Recurring Motifs
cats (Mog)escape from Naziseveryday adventures

Health

  • short illness
    2019
    led to death

Legacy

Renowned children's author whose books sold over 10 million copies, depicting escape from Nazi persecution from a child's perspective.

Archives

  • Seven Stories (Newcastle upon Tyne)

In Popular Culture

  • Judith Kerr Primary School named after her

Trivia

  • Father was theatre critic Alfred Kerr
  • Brother was judge Michael Kerr
  • Husband was screenwriter Nigel Kneale