Irina Korschunow

Irina Korschunow (31 December 1925 – 31 December 2013) was a German writer.[1] Her oeuvre comprises short stories, novels theatrical works and film scripts. Born in Stendal, she started her career as a journalist and writer for children's books and young adult literature but focused predominantly on writing novels in her later years since about 1983. She was also a translator.[2]

Irina Korschunow
BornDecember 31, 1925
Stendal, Germany
DiedDecember 31, 2013(2013-12-31) (aged 88)
LanguageGerman
NationalityGerman

Career

She studied German, Drama, Social Sciences, and English. In the 1950s she became a journalist and author. She lived in Munich.[3]

Awards

Bibliography (German titles)

Children's literature
  • Die Wawuschels mit den grünen Haaren (1967)
  • Neues von den Wawuschels mit den grünen Haaren (1969)
  • Wenn ein Unugunu kommt (1976)
  • Eigentlich war es ein schöner Tag. Tinas aufregende Erlebnisse (1977)
  • Hanno malt sich einen Drachen (1978)
  • Tim und Großvaters Pferd (1979)
  • Deshalb heiße ich Starker Bär (1981), als Ravensburger Taschenbuch: Mit Illustrationen von Hansjörg Langenfass, Otto Maier Verlag, Ravensburg, 1983, ISBN 3-473-38883-1.
  • Der Findefuchs (1982)
  • Fränzchen Dudel sucht einen Schatz, mit Zeichnungen von Sandy Nightingale. Parabel Verlag, Schwäbisch Hall 1985, ISBN 3-7898-0245-X
  • Kleiner Pelz (1984)
  • Töktök und der blaue Riese (Neuauflage 1985)
  • Kleiner Pelz will größer werden (1986)
  • Wuschelbär (1990)
  • Der bunte Hund, das schwarze Schaf und der Angsthase (1992)
  • Steffis roter Luftballon (1994)
  • Benni und die Mumpshexe mit Bildern von Regina Kehn. Arena Verlag, 1994. ISBN 978-3-401044958.
  • Der kleine Clown Pippo (Neuauflage 1996)
  • Es muss auch kleine Riesen geben (1997)
  • Niki aus dem 10. Stock (Originalausgabe erschien 1973, Neuauflage 1997)

Young adult fiction
  • Die Sache mit Christoph (1978)
  • Er hieß Jan (1979)
  • Ein Anruf von Sebastian (1981)

Novels
  • Glück hat seinen Preis, Roman. Hoffmann und Campe Verlag (1983)
  • Der Eulenruf, Hoffmann und Campe Verlag (1985)
  • Malenka, Hoffmann und Campe Verlag (1987)
  • Fallschirmseide, Hoffmann und Campe Verlag (1990)
  • Das Spiegelbild, Hoffmann und Campe Verlag (1992)
  • Ebbe und Flut, Hoffmann und Campe Verlag (1995)
  • Von Juni zu Juni, Hoffmann und Campe Verlag (1999)
  • Das Luftkind, Hoffmann und Campe Verlag (2003)
  • Langsamer Abschied, Hoffmann und Campe Verlag (2009)

Film scripts
  • Der Führerschein (TV, 1978)
  • Der Urlaub (TV, 1980)
  • Wie es geschah (TV, 1983)
  • Der Hochzeitstag (TV, 1985)
  • Michas Flucht (TV, 1988)
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gollark: > god bless australian mass surveillance and privacy invasionThe UK has that and we're not doing great! I think it's a population density thing.
gollark: It would be politically bad to close them because people would complain about "an entire lost generation" or something as if school is *that* important.EDIT: over here, I mean.
gollark: Mine and I think most of them here *are* still doing actual teaching, although with more computers than usual.
gollark: Hmm. Apparently the UK just went into lockdown again despite Boris saying he really didn't want to, except they're still keeping schools because of course.

References
  1. "Irina Korschunow gestorben" (in German). Spiegel.de. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  2. Considering children's literature: a reader by Teya Rosenberg, Andrea Schwenke Wyile, pg 121
  3. Goethe Institute bio
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