Martin Baltscheit

Born in Düsseldorf in 1965; Martin Baltscheit is an author, illustrator, actor, speaker and director. He studied communication design at the Folkwangschule in Essen and began as a comic artist; in 1996 he was nominated for the Max-und-Moritz-Preis as best German-language comic artist. His picture books include “Die Geschichte vom Löwen, der nicht schreiben konnte”. For “Die Geschichte vom Fuchs, der den Verstand verlor” he received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in the picture book category in 2011, for the play “Die besseren Wälder” the Deutscher Jugendtheaterpreis in 2010, for “Krähe & Bär” the Deutscher Kindertheaterpreis in 2016 and for the film “Die Nacht des Elefanten” the Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis in 2014. His audiobook Vom Mädchen das nicht schlafen wollte, in which he takes part as author and performer, appeared on Cybele in 2006.