Jutta Richter


Jutta Richter is a German author of children's and youth literature.
Richter spent her youth in the Ruhr and Sauerland and at the age of 15 she spent a year in Detroit. There she wrote her first book, so as not to forget her native language, and published the book whilst still a schoolgirl.
After studying Theology, German and Communication in Münster she has worked since 1978 as a freelance writer at Schloss Westerwinkel in Ascheberg and in Lucca.
Jutta Richter married the German author Ralf Thenior.

Awards

Literature

  • Bruno Blume: Erinnerungen an eine verlorene Kindheit. Versuch einer umfassenden Rezension. In: Bulletin Jugend und Literatur. Geesthacht, 32, H. 2, 2001, p. 21
  • Christoph Meckel: Plagiat oder Lärm um nichts? Die Debatte um Jutta Richters "Hinter dem Bahnhof liegt das Meer". Eine Dokumentation. In: Bulletin Jugend und Literatur. Geesthacht, 33, H. 3, 2002. p. 7-9, 29-30.
  • Juliane Schier: Jutta Richter. Kinder- und Jugendbuchautorin. Leben und Werke. Dortmund: Univ. Hausarb. 1999.