Boy Lornsen
Boy Lornsen (7 August 1922 – 26 July 1995) was a German sculptor and author of children's literature, writing both in Standard German and in Platt. Lornsen served as pilot and radio operator in the German Luftwaffe during World War II. After the war, he was educated as a sculptor at Hanover. He worked as a sculptor into the 1960s.
Boy Lornsen
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- Name
- Boy Lornsen
- Born
- 7 August 1922
- Birthplace
- Keitum, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Died
- 26 July 1995
- Occupation
- Sculptor and author of children's literature
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Honours
- Friedrich-Bödecker-Preis.
- Languages
- German.
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Boy Lornsen (7 August 1922 – 26 July 1995) was a German sculptor and author of children's literature, writing both in Standard German and in Platt. Lornsen served as pilot and radio operator in the German Luftwaffe during World War II. After the war, he was educated as a sculptor at Hanover. He worked as a sculptor into the 1960s.
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In 1967, he published his first children's book, about a boy who helps a robot with his homework, Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt. The book was a success, and was adapted for television in 1972. Lornsen was a member of P.E.N. from 1981. Lornsen's books were translated into numerous languages, including Greek, Japanese and Norwegian. In 1980, his Jakobus Nimmersatt was adapted by Japan's Nippon Animation studio into a TV special, Nodoka Mori no Dobutsu Daisakusen (The Great Plan of the Animals of Placid Forest), directed by Yoshio Kuroda; the special was released in English under two different titles, Back to the Forest and Peter of Placid Forest. Paul the Octopus was named after one of his poems: Der Tintenfisch Paul Oktopus.
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• Name — Boy Lornsen • Born — 7 August 1922 • Birthplace — Keitum, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany • Died — 26 July 1995 • Place of death — Keitum, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany • Occupation — Sculptor and author of children's literature • Language — Standard German, Platt • Genre — Children's literature
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Boy Lornsen is recorded with the occupation children's writer. Recorded with the occupation sculptor. Recorded as a citizen of Germany.
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1922
Boy Lornsen was born on 7 August 1922.
1995
Boy Lornsen died on 26 July 1995.
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Boy Lornsen was born in Keitum.
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Boy Lornsen died in Keitum.
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