Agnès Rosenstiehl

• Name — Agnès Rosenstiehl • Birth Name — Agnes Rosenstiehl • Born — 4 December 1941 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Illustrator author • Awards — Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis • Spouse — Pierre Rosenstiehl • Website — www.mimicracra.com/

As a mother, she began creating books for children and collaborated with many publishing houses, from the most famous to the smallest and most emerging. She says she is fascinated by Egyptian antiquity, which leads her to draw her characters always in profile, to use solid colors, to embed writing and drawing. She shows a sustained interest in the French language, subject that she explores in many books, such as her Alphabets, or the Book of the French language (illustrated by Pierre Gay). Her production has not stopped since 1968. In 1983, she obtained the "Mention" Premio Grafico Fiera di Bologna for the Gioventù of the Youth Book Fair of Bologna (Italy) for her illustrations of songs chosen by Apple of Api, 66 songs, 6 cannons, 6 christmas. In 1995, Agnes Rosenstiehl received the grand prize of the Société des gens de lettres (SGDL) from the youth book for Les Adverbes. Her archives are entrusted to the Institute of Contemporary Memory (IMEC) in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe. In 2000, she received a "Mention" for Introducing Art to Children at the Bologna Children's Book Fair for the collection she directed: "Collection de Peinture", published by Éditions Autrement. She is married to the mathematician Pierre Rosenstiehl.