Jutta Richter
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Jutta Richter
Jutta Richter was born in 1955 and published her first book while she was still at school. She then went on to study theology, German studies, and journalism in Münster. Since 1978, she has been living in the region around Münster where she works as a freelance author. Her works have received multiple prizes, including the German Youth Literature Award in 2001 for Der Tag, als ich lernte, die Spinnen zu zähmen (The Day I Learned How To Domesticate Spiders, 2000), and the 2005 Catholic Children's and YA Book Prize for Hechtsommer (Pike Summer, 2004).
Jutta Richter was born in 1955 and published her first book while she was still at school. She then went on to study theology, German studies, and journalism in Münster. Since 1978, she has been living in the region around Münster where she works as a freelance author. Her works have received multiple prizes, including the German Youth Literature Award in 2001 for Der Tag, als ich lernte, die Spinnen zu zähmen (The Day I Learned How To Domesticate Spiders, 2000), and the 2005 Catholic Children's and YA Book Prize for Hechtsommer (Pike Summer, 2004).
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Year of Publication: 2025
Jutta RichterYear of Publication: 2025
A Concert of Crows
All her life, the prize-winning author Jutta Richter has written poems, and the best of them are gathered in this collection. In her surprising and humorous verses, we stroll through the seasons. We encounter fabulous beings, we laugh and hold back tears and feel cozy in the summer, which tastes »like raspberry ice cream«. We listen intently to the concert of the crows and the jackdaws, worry...