Lisbeth Zwerger

Lisbeth Zwerger was born in Vienna in 1954. She is an illustrator of children's books.

After studying at the Applied Arts Academy of Vienna she became an award-winning illustrator, working mostly for Michael Neugebauer.

Her style is similar to that of English illustrators of the 19th century.

Published books

E.T.A. Hoffmann, "The Strange Child", 1977
Clemens Brentano, "The Legend of Rosepedal, 1978
Brothers Grimm, "Hansel and Gretel", 1979
E.T.A. Hoffmann, "Nutcracker and Mouseking", 1979 (first version)
Hans Christian Andersen, "Thumbelina", 1980
Brothers Grimm, "The Seven Ravens". 1981
Hans Christian Andersen, "The Swineherd", 1982
O.Henry, "The Gift of the Magi", 1982
Brothers Grimm, Le Petit Chaperon Rouge ("Little Red Cap"), 11 full page colour illustrations, 1983.
Oscar Wilde, Le Géant égoïste ("The Selfish Giant"), Casterman, 1984.
Hans Christian Andersen, "The Nightingale, 1984
Edith Nesbit, "The Deliverers of their country", 1985
Oscar Wilde. "The Canterville Ghost, 1986
Charles Dickens, Un Chant de Noël ("A Christmas Carol"), Casterman, 1988.
Aesop, Fables, Duculot, 1989.
Till L'Espiègle ("Till Eulenspiegel"), Duculot, 1990.
Hans Christian Andersen, Fairy Tales", 1991.
Christian Morgenstern, "Gallows Songs",1992
Wilhelm Hauff, "Dwarf Nose, 1993
"The Art of Lisbeth Zwerger" (collection of Illustrations 1977-1193), 1993
Theodor Storm, "Little Hobbin", 1995
Frank L. Baum, "The wizard of Oz, 1996
Heinz Janisch L'Arche de Noé ("Noah's Ark"), Nord-Sud, 1997.
Lewis Carroll, Alice au pays des merveilles ("Alice in Wonderland"), Nord-Sud, 1999.
"The Bible", 2000
((Rudyard Kipling)) " How the Camel got his Hump", 2001
(Peter I. Tchaikowsky-Lisbeth Zwerger) "Swanlake". 2002
((E.T.A. Hoffmann)), "Nutcracker",2003 (second version)
Hans Christian Andersen, "The Little Mermaid", 2004
((Clement C. Moore)), "The Night before Christmas", 2005
((Brothers Grimm)), "The BremenTown Musiscians", 2006

Awards

Winner of the 1990 Hans Christian Andersen Award

External links

v t e Hans Christian Andersen Award by IBBY

Authors: Eleanor Farjeon (1956) • Astrid Lindgren (1958) • Erich Kästner (1960) • Meindert DeJong (1962) • René Guillot (1964) • Tove Jansson (1966) • James Krüss and José Maria Sanchez-Silva (1968) • Gianni Rodari (1970) • Scott O'Dell (1972) • Maria Gripe (1974) • Cecil Bødker (1976) • Paula Fox (1978) • Bohumil Říha (1980) • Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1982) • Christine Nöstlinger (1984) • Patricia Wrightson (1986) • Annie M. G. Schmidt (1988) • Tormod Haugen (1990) • Virginia Hamilton (1992) • Michio Mado (1994) • Uri Orlev (1996) • Katherine Paterson (1998) • Ana Maria Machado (2000) • Aidan Chambers (2002) • Martin Waddell (2004) • Margaret Mahy (2006) • Jürg Schubiger (2008) • David Almond (2010)

Illustrators: Alois Carigiet (1966) • Jiří Trnka (1968) • Maurice Sendak (1970) • Ib Spang Olsen (1972) • Farshid Mesghali (1974) • Tatyana Mavrina (1976) • Svend Otto S. (1978) • Suekichi Akaba (1980) • Zbigniew Rychlicki (1982) • Mitsumasa Anno (1984) • Robert Ingpen (1986) • Dusan Kállay (1988) • Lisbeth Zwerger (1990) • Kveta Pacovská (1992) • Jörg Müller (1994) • Klaus Ensikat (1996) • Tomi Ungerer (1998) • Anthony Browne (2000) • Quentin Blake (2002) • Max Velthuijs (2004) • Wolf Erlbruch (2006) • Roberto Innocenti (2008) • Jutta Bauer (2010)

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Name	Zwerger, Lisbeth
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Date of birth	1954
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Lisbeth Zwerger

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