Margret Rettich
Margret Rettich, born in 1926 in Stettin, is a well-known and busy
illustrator and author of children's books. After studying Graphic
Arts at the Kunstschule in Erfurt she worked as a freelancer in
advertising, for publishers of children's books and school books,
for magazines and for the television. Her books were frequently
awarded, among others by Stiftung Buchkunst in the category "Die
schönsten deutschen Bücher". In 1981 she won the Deutscher
Jugendliteraturpreis in the category picture book. In 1997 Margret
Rettich and her husband, the children's books illustrator Rolf
Rettich, were awarded the Großer Preis der Deutschen Akademie für
Kinder- und Jugendliteratur for their life's work.
