Buxtehude Bull Explained

The Buxtehude Bull (German: Buxtehuder Bulle) is an award for youth literature, established in 1971 by Winfried Ziemann, a local book merchant from Buxtehude, a Hanseatic City located in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.[1] The town council took over the sponsorship of the award in 1981. The award is given annually to the best children's or young-adults' book published in German (either native language or translated) in the preceding year. The writer is presented with a small steel statue of the bull (German: Bulle) Ferdinand, from the popular work The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, and also receives a monetary prize of €5,000.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 50 Jahre Buxtehuder Bulle – Eine Stadt feiert das Jugendbuch . ZEIT ONLINE . de . 13 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Gratz und van Draanen nehmen "Buxtehuder Bullen" entgegen . NDR.de . 11 November 2021 . de . 13 November 2021.
  3. Web site: Buxtehuder Bullen für Alan Gratz und Wendelin Van Draanen . . 11 November 2021 . de . 13 November 2021.
  4. Web site: Buxtehuder Bulle für Roman über Jugendliche auf der Flucht . Die Presse . 12 November 2021 . de . 13 November 2021.
  5. Denkbar knapp: „The Inheritance Games“ von Jennifer Lynn Barnes gewinnt 52. Buxtehuder Bulle