Peter Härtling
Born	(1933-11-13)13 November 1933 Chemnitz, Germany
Died	10 July 2017(2017-07-10) (aged 83) Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany
Occupation(s)	Writer, poet
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Peter Härtling (13 November 1933 – 10 July 2017) was a German writer, poet, publisher and journalist. He received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his major contribution to German literature.^[1] His first children's book, Und das ist die ganze Familie, was published the following year. His children's literature has often focused on social problems involving children.^[2]

• Burckhard Dücker, Peter Härtling, München: Beck: Verlag Edition Text und Kritik, 1983, (in German)
• Maciej Ganczar, Romantische Künstlerfiguren in der Prosa von Peter Härtling, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2015, (in German)
• Ludvík Václavek: Peter Härtling und Olmütz. In: Lucy Topoľská und Ludvík Václavek: Beiträge zur Deutschsprachigen Literatur in Tschechien. (= Beiträge zur mährischen deutschsprachigen Literatur. Band 3). Univerzita Palackého, Olomouc 2000, ISBN 80-244-0185-1, S. 211-214.

Härtling moderated Literatur im Kreuzverhör, a radio show on the cultural radio station of Hessischer Rundfunk.

Peter Härtling's awards include:^[1]

• 1964: Deutscher Kritikerpreis for Niembsch
• 1965: Lower Saxony Literature Prize for Niembsch
• 1966: Ehrengabe des Kulturkreises im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie for Niembsch. Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for the French edition of Niembsch
• 1971: Gerhart Hauptmann prize of the Freien Volksbühne Berlin for Gilles
• 1974: Schubart-Literaturpreis
• 1976: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Children's book) for Oma.
• 1977: Stadtschreiber von Bergen
• 1978: Wilhelmine-Lübke-Preis
• 1980: Zurich children's literature prize La vache qui lit for Ben liebt Anna and Sofie macht Geschichten.
• 1982: Naturschutzpreis der Kreisgruppe Groß-Gerau des Bundes für Umwelt und Naturschutz.
• 1987: Hermann Sinsheimer prize and Friedrich Hölderlin prize
• 1992: Lion Feuchtwanger prize.
• 1994: Awarded the title of Professor by the state of Baden-Württemberg
• 1995: Awarded the Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz
• 1995: Mainzer Stadtschreiber
• 1996: Awarded the Wilhelm Leuschner medal of Hessen
• 1996: Awarded the Karl Preusker Medal by the German Literature Conference
• 2000: Eichendorff Literature Prize
• 2001: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Special prize) for his major contribution to children's literature
• 2001: Dresdner Poetikdozentur zur Literatur Mitteleuropas (Publikation [1])
• 2003: Deutscher Bücherpreis for his contribution to literature
• 2004: Honorary citizen of Nürtingen
• 2006: Gerty Spies Literature Prize
• 2006: Finalist, Hans Christian Andersen Award^[3]
• 2007: Corine Literature Prize of the Bavarian Prime Minister for his contribution to literature
• 2010: Jacob Grimm Prize^[4]
• 2014: Hessischer Kulturpreis^[5]

Wilhelm Killmayer set nine of his poems in his song cycle Nine Songs to Poems from Peter Härtling in 1968.^[6]

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