Jutta Bauer

Jutta Bauer studied at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is young adult literature, visual arts and illustration. Distinctions recorded are Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, Children's Book Prize of the State of North Rhine Westphalia, Kiddo Leespluim and Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Born in Volksdorf, Hamburg on 9 January 1955, Bauer studied at the Technical College of Design in Hamburg from 1975 to 1981. Afterward, she worked as a children's book illustrator and as a cartoonist for women's magazine Brigitte. She won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Award) in 2001 for Schreimutter, a picture book. She was a runner-up in 2002 for Opas Engel, a story inspired by schoolchildren outside her studio, and she received a special prize for Illustration in 2009. In 2010, Bauer received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award, conferred by the International Board on Books for Young People. It is the highest recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books.

Bauer lived in Hamburg, and died unexpectedly of complications from an allergic reaction on 10 September 2025 at the age of 70.

• Ein Engel trägt meinen Hinkelstein • Schreimutter – 2001 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, Picture books • Opas Engel; transl. Grandpa's Angel (Walker Books) • Die Königin der Farben • Abends, wenn ich schlafen geh • Ich sitze hier im Abendlicht • 2006 – Selma, 52pp., • 2018 – Selma New Edition, 42pp.,

Jutta Bauer is recorded with the occupation picture book writer. Recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Recorded as having received Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, Children's Book Prize of the State of North Rhine Westphalia and Kiddo Leespluim.