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 Heinz Janisch

Heinz Janisch studied German Literature and Journalism in Vienna. He is a novelist, playwright and radio presenter. He has been presented with many awards including the Bologna Ragazzi Award and the Austrian Children’s Book Prize. He lives in Vienna.

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to the book:
The King and the Sea

Awards:

  • 1998 Austrian Promotional Prize for Children‘s and Youth Literature
  • 1999 LUCHS for Ich schenk' dir einen Ton aus meinem Saxophon [I’ll Give You a Tone from My Saxophone]
  • 2006 Shortlist Austrian State Prize for Children and Youth Literature
  • 2006 Bologna Ragazzi Award 2006 for Rote Wangen [Red Cheeks]
  • 2006 LesePeter August for Ein Haus am Meer [A House by the Sea]
  • 2006: Nomination for the German Youth Literature Award for Rote Wangen [Red Cheeks]

 
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