Judith Kerr
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Kerr (2016 at the international literature festival berlin)
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| Born | Anna Judith Gertrud Helene Kerr 14 June 1923 Berlin, Germany |
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| Genre | Children's and young adult fiction | ||
| Notable works | The Tiger Who Came to Tea, the Mog series, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit | ||
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Nigel Kneale (1954–2006, his death) |
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| Children |
Matthew Kneale Tacy Kneale |
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Judith Kerr, OBE (surname pronounced /ˈkɑːr/ KAR German pronunciation: [kɛʁ]; born 14 June 1923) is a British writer and illustrator. She has created both enduring picture books such as the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came to Tea and acclaimed novels for older children such as the semi-autobiographical When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit which give a child's-eye view of the Second World War. Born in Germany, of Jewish background, she came to Britain with her family in 1933 amid the rise of the Nazis.
Kerr was born in Berlin, the daughter of Alfred Kerr (1867–1948), a German-Jewish theatre critic who had changed his name from Kempner to Kerr in 1887, by his marriage to Julia Weismann (1898-1965), the daughter of a Prussian politician. Judith Kerr had a brother, Michael.
In 1933, just before the Nazis came to power, the family left Germany, fearful because Alfred Kerr had openly criticised the Nazis. Alfred Kerr's books were burned by the Nazis shortly after he fled Germany. The family travelled first to Switzerland and then on to France, before finally settling in Britain, where Judith Kerr has lived ever since. She subsequently became a naturalised British subject.
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