Helme Heine
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Helme Heine is a German
writer
, children's book author
, illustrator
and designer
. He is the brother of Ernst Wilhelm Heine. He has lived in New Zealand
since 1990, occasionally writing film scripts
, audio book scripts and working on satirical
drawings and sculpture
.
-Düssel
, an old, small village at the town boundary to Wuppertal
. Instead he went on tour and travelled through Europe, Asia and finally South Africa
, where he settled down and worked in Johannesburg
till 1977. Among other things he starred in Cabaret there, brought a satirical magazine out and took over the management of a theatre chain.
He began to paint at the beginning of the seventies; 1975 saw him develop his first children's book, the Elefanteneinmaleins (Elephant multiplication table). He initialized his breakthrough in the same year with the Frankfurt Book Fair
, where he got to know the publisher, Gertraud Middelhauve. And already in 1976 appeared his first and second book. From now he experienced his stellar ascent to a highly successful artist.
Soon afterwards, in 1977, he pulled up stakes in South-Africa and returned to Germany.
Here he started himself an intensive and highly successful period of works, by writing and illustrating a number of children's books.
As an author and illustrator, Heine ranks today among the artists most renowned internationally; he has had work translated into 35 languages and received numerous honours worldwide. Among his most popular works ranks the little Dragon, Tabaluga
.
Helme Heine also writes for adults, draws cartoon
s and animation
s and designs sculptures and furniture
.
His summer home is in Bavaria
.
In Böblingen
from February 2005, a two-month special exhibition with 136 examples of Helme Heine's work ran, featuring watercolor art, drawings in India ink
and pencil sketches, right up to sculptures and a designer game of chess.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, children's book author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
and designer
Designer
A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
. He is the brother of Ernst Wilhelm Heine. He has lived in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
since 1990, occasionally writing film scripts
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
, audio book scripts and working on satirical
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
drawings and sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
.
Biography
The young Helme (Christian name: Helmut) Heine studied history of art, along with marketing and management. Afterwards in the early 1960s, although planned, he did not take over the parental hotel in the moated castle "Wasserburg Düssel", in WülfrathWülfrath
Wülfrath is a town in the district of Mettmann , in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:The town is situated on the mountain spurs of the Bergische Land, between the Rhine, Ruhr and Wupper rivers. It is located in the central part of the Berg region, approx...
-Düssel
Düssel
The Düssel is a small right tributary of the River Rhine in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. Its source is between Wülfrath and Velbert. It flows westward through the Neander Valley where the fossils of the first Neanderthal man were found in 1856...
, an old, small village at the town boundary to Wuppertal
Wuppertal
Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...
. Instead he went on tour and travelled through Europe, Asia and finally South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, where he settled down and worked in Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
till 1977. Among other things he starred in Cabaret there, brought a satirical magazine out and took over the management of a theatre chain.
He began to paint at the beginning of the seventies; 1975 saw him develop his first children's book, the Elefanteneinmaleins (Elephant multiplication table). He initialized his breakthrough in the same year with the Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. As to the number of visitors, the Turin Book Fair attracts about as many visitors, viz. some 300,000....
, where he got to know the publisher, Gertraud Middelhauve. And already in 1976 appeared his first and second book. From now he experienced his stellar ascent to a highly successful artist.
Soon afterwards, in 1977, he pulled up stakes in South-Africa and returned to Germany.
Here he started himself an intensive and highly successful period of works, by writing and illustrating a number of children's books.
As an author and illustrator, Heine ranks today among the artists most renowned internationally; he has had work translated into 35 languages and received numerous honours worldwide. Among his most popular works ranks the little Dragon, Tabaluga
Tabaluga
The little green Dragon Tabaluga is a cartoon character, who lives in the fictional place of Greenland. He is around 7 dragon-years old . He is the creation of the German Rock musician Peter Maffay, children's song writer Rolf Zuckowski and the author Gregor Rottschalk...
.
Helme Heine also writes for adults, draws cartoon
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
s and animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
s and designs sculptures and furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
.
His summer home is in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
.
In Böblingen
Böblingen
Böblingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen District. Physically Sindelfingen and Böblingen are continuous.-History:Böblingen was founded by Count Wilhelm von Tübingen-Böblingen in 1253. Württemberg acquired the town in 1357, and on 12 May 1525 one of the bloodiest battles...
from February 2005, a two-month special exhibition with 136 examples of Helme Heine's work ran, featuring watercolor art, drawings in India ink
India ink
India ink is a simple black ink once widely used for writing and printing and now more commonly used for drawing, especially when inking comic books and comic strips.-Composition:...
and pencil sketches, right up to sculptures and a designer game of chess.
Awards and prizes
- 1983 Oldenburg Child & Youth Book Prize - Illustrations for Gudrun Mäcker Anna and the Tatzelwurm
- 1991 Grand Prize of the German Child & Youth Literature Academy, e. V.
- European Children's Book Prize
Children's books
- Samstag im Paradies (Saturday in Paradise)
- Elefanteneinmaleins ISBN 3-407-77068-5 (Elephant Multiplication Tables)
- Prinz Bär (Prince Bear)
- Freunde (Friends) ISBN 978-0689710834
- König Hupf der I. (King Hop the First)
- Das schönste Ei der Welt ISBN 3-407-77061-8 (Most beautiful egg in the world)
- Na warte, sagte Schwarte (Just wait, said Schwarte)
- Mullewapp (Mollywoop) ISBN 978-0374350017
- TabalugaTabalugaThe little green Dragon Tabaluga is a cartoon character, who lives in the fictional place of Greenland. He is around 7 dragon-years old . He is the creation of the German Rock musician Peter Maffay, children's song writer Rolf Zuckowski and the author Gregor Rottschalk...
- Der Hase mit der roten Nase ISBN 3-407-77006-5 (The hare with the red nose)
- Der Club ISBN 3-407-77023-5 (The club)
- Foxtrott ISBN 3-446-20306-0 (Foxtrot)
- "Friends Go Adventuring" ISBN 978-0689818509
See also
- Ralph SteadmanRalph SteadmanRalph Steadman is a British cartoonist and caricaturist who is perhaps best known for his work with American author Hunter S. Thompson.-Personal life:Steadman was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, and brought up in Towyn, North Wales...
- Heinrich Hannover
Works about Helme Heine
- Karola Kimmerle: Die Freunde von Helme Heine. München: Ridinghaus (ca. 2001). ISBN 3-7421-3500-7 (The Friends of Helme Heine)
- Maren Saam: Literatur-Werkstatt zum Kinderbuch von Helme Heine "Freunde". Mülheim an der Ruhr: Verl. an der Ruhr 2004. ISBN 3-86072-907-1 (Literature - Children's Books of Helme Heine)