James Krüss

Details

Instance of

human

Born

31 May 1926

Died

2 August 1997

Place of birth

Heligoland

Place of death

Gran Canaria

Sex or gender

male

Given name

James

Family name

Krüss

Mother

Margareta Krüss

Sibling

Erni Rickmers

Occupation

poet, children's writer, playwright, translator, writer, journalist, prose writer, singer, screenwriter, musician, illustrator, librettist

Citizenship

Germany

Awards

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Hans Christian Andersen Award, Großer Preis der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V. Volkach, Literaturpreis der Universitätsstadt Marburg und des Landkreises Marburg-Biedenkopf

archives at

International Youth Library

birth name

James Jacob Hinrich Krüss

described by source

ProDetLit, Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur

languages spoken, written or signed

German

member of political party

Nazi Party

name in native language

James Krüss

notable work

Timm Thaler

permanent duplicated item

Q110098776

place of burial

North Sea

pseudonym

Markus Polder, Felix Ritter

short name

James Krüss

start of work period

1950

topic's main category

Category:James Krüss

writing language

German

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