Boy Lornsen
German sculptor and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Born | (1922-08-07)7 August 1922 Keitum, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein |
Died | 26 July 1995(1995-07-26) (aged 72) Keitum, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein |
Occupation | Sculptor and author of children's literature |
Language | Standard German, Platt |
Nationality | German |
Genre | Children's literature |
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.
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.