Judith Kerr (1923–2019)
Author of When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
About the Author
Judith Kerr was born in Berlin, Germany on June 14, 1923. Her family left Germany to escape the growing threat of Nazism and finally settled in England in 1933. She studied at the Central School of Art in London and worked as a scriptwriter for the British Broadcasting Corp, before leaving to raise show more her children. Her first book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, was published in 1968. Her other books included When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, The Curse of the School Rabbit, and a series of books based on Mog the Cat including Goodbye Mog. In 2012, she was named an O.B.E. for children's literature and Holocaust education. She died on May 22, 2019 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Judith Kerr
The Mog Treasury: A collection of classic, bestselling stories about everyone’s favourite family cat! (2020) 3 copies
Collins Modern Classics: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Homecoming, Phantom Tollbooth (Boxed Set) (1999) 2 copies
Mog on Fox Night 1 copy
Le Gand Jour de Dorothée 1 copy
מי גנב את השפן הורוד? 1 copy
Associated Works
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them (2015) — Contributor — 80 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Kerr, Judith
- Other names
- Kerr, Anna Judith Gertrud Helene (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1923-06-14
- Date of death
- 2019-05-22
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Germany (birth)
England (residence)
UK (naturalized 1947) - Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
- Place of death
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Education
- Central School of Arts and Crafts
- Occupations
- artist
scriptwriter
children's book author
memoirist - Relationships
- Kneale, Nigel (spouse)
Kneale, Matthew (son)
Kneale, Tacy (daughter)
Kerr, Michael (brother)
Kerr, Alfred (father) - Organizations
- BBC
- Awards and honors
- Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (1974)
Action for Children's Arts (J. M. Barrie Award|inaugural award | 2005)
Order Of The British Empire (Officer ∙ 2012)
BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award (2016)
British Book Awards (Illustrator of the Year | 2019)
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Christmas Books (1)
Sonlight Books (1)
al.vick-series (1)
Cats in Fiction (1)
Europe (1)
Youth: Zoology (1)
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Statistics
- Works
- 74
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 7,478
- Popularity
- #3,273
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 150
- ISBNs
- 477
- Languages
- 17
- Favorited
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