DER DEUTSCH-AMERIKANISCHE DESIGNER, ILLUSTRATOR UND KINDERBUCH-AUTOR ERIC CARLE IST GESTORBEN

27.05.2021 Der am 25. Juni 1929 in Syracuse (New York) geborene deutsch-amerikanische Designer, Illustrator und Kinderbuchautor Eric Carle (Bild) ist am 23. Mai 2021 in Northampton (Massachusetts) gestorben. Besonders berühmt wurde sein Bilderbuch "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" ("Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt"), das in mehr als 70 Sprachen übersetzt und über 50 Millionen Mal verkauft wurde. Zeit seines Lebens war Carle Deutschland eng verbunden und sprach akzentfrei Deutsch mit deutlichem schwäbischen Einschlag. Im Jahr 2001 wurde er mit dem Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland für sein künstlerisches Schaffen und die Vermittlung zwischen den Kulturen ausgezeichnet.*

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The Carle family announces with great sadness that Eric Carle, beloved artist, illustrator, and writer, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family members on May 23, 2021 at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts. Eric was 91.

A true creator, Eric Carle is renowned for his multi-dimensional practice, spanning a large body of fine art works in collage, painting, works on paper and fabric, and sculpture; theater and furniture design; and the stories he envisioned in over 70 brilliantly illustrated and designed children’s picture books.

The books Eric created across more than 60 decades have sold over 170 million copies and include timeless classics such as Do You Want to Be My Friend? (1971), The Grouchy Ladybug (1977), Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me (1986), "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth (2002), The Very Clumsy Cricket (2017), and so many more. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into over 70 languages (including Mongolian) and shared around the world since its publication in 1969.

https://www.carlemuseum.org/content/eric-carle-1929-2021

Eric Carle, Author of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ Dies at 91

A self-described “picture writer,” he wrote and illustrated more than 70 books for young children, selling more than 170 million copies.

Julia Carmel

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/books/eric-carle-dead.html#:~:text=Eric%20Carle%2C%20the%20artist%20and,the%20cause%20was%20kidney%20failure

Eric Carle's picture books were often about insects. Spiders, lady bugs, crickets and of course, that famous caterpillar, all as colorful and friendly as Carle himself. The Very Hungry Caterpillar — probably Carle's best-known work — came out in 1969 and became one of the bestselling children's books of all time.

Neda Ulaby

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/970974320/eric-carle-creator-of-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-has-died

Carle described the children’s classic, which sold more than 50 million copies around the world, as a ‘book of hope’.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/27/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-author-eric-carle-dies-aged-91

Der Schöpfer der "Raupe Nimmersatt", Autor Eric Carle, ist tot

dpa

https://www.nzz.ch/amp/panorama/die-kleine-raupe-nimmersatt-us-autor-eric-carle-gestorben-ld.1627228

Eine sehr, sehr hungrige Raupe machte Eric Carle berühmt, das Werk des Kinderbuchautors und Künstlers wurde weltweit mehr als 50 Millionen mal verkauft

aar/AP

https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/eric-carle-autor-von-die-kleine-raupe-nimmersatt-ist-tot-a-70abb61a-d783-4797-ae8c-b92f2bdaabf3

Videos:

Eric Carle Discusses 50 Years of The Very Hungry Caterpillar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYwE8qALm9M

Eric Carle reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkYmvxP0AJI

Eric Carle at Bates College Commencement 2007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj3mQkBcJxw

Who is Eric Carle?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8q-5lDEvpU

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