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Hans Jürgen Press (1926 – 2002) was a German illustrator and writer of children's books. Many of his books contain stories and puzzles in which the reader searches the illustrations for clues to the mystery.


Biography


Press was born in Klein Konopken, East Prussia.[1] He served for about four months during World War II, when he was captured in France and transported to Marseille, where he was shipped to Oran. After 3 or 4 days he was transported to the United States. Press was trained as an unarmed sail plane glider pilot. While a prisoner of war at Ft. D.A. Russell in Texas, he painted detailed murals of far West Texas mountain scenes at Building 98 in Marfa, Texas. The murals are on the National Register of Historic Places. He departed Marfa, Texas, in 1945 while there he created two west Texas watercolors of local residents one performing a Spanish dance and another playing the Spanish guitar.[2][3]

He returned from captivity to Hamburg in 1948 and attended the Hochschule für Bildende Künste. In 1953 he began to illustrate for "sternchen", the children's supplement of German magazine stern. He invented Der kleine Herr Jakob [de], a little man with moustache and bowler hat who never talked but whose comic strips were commented in verse. The Adventures of the Black Hand Gang was a combination of story and illustration which appeared in weekly chapters, the solution to this week's riddle was given the next week.[4]

Press was one of the inventors of the "Wimmelbild", a genre of illustration deliberately overcrowded with detail, to please children on their search for a certain item. He also wrote and illustrated books about science and numerous puzzle and play books for children.

His son, Julian Press, is also an author and illustrator.


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References


  1. randomhouse bio
  2. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2006-12-14.
  3. The International Woman's Foundation Marfa, Texas
  4. "Jens Wagner hat sich Buch-Wunsch erfüllt: Mitfiebern und Rätsel lösen". Op-online.de (in German). 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2021-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)




На других языках


[de] Hans Jürgen Press

Hans Jürgen Press (* 15. Mai 1926 in Klein Konopken in Masuren; † 19. Oktober 2002 in Hamburg) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Zeichner.
- [en] Hans Jürgen Press

[fr] Hans Jürgen Press

Hans Jürgen Press, né le 15 mai 1926 à Konopki Małe (actuelle Pologne) et mort le 19 octobre 2002 à Hambourg, était un illustrateur et écrivain de livre pour enfants allemand. Beaucoup de ses livres contiennent des histoires et puzzles dans lesquelles le lecteur cherche des indices concernant le mystère dans les illustrations.



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