"Fairy tales and fables are a magic bag, the bag is small, but it can take out a lot of things from it, even much larger than the bag. ”
Children's literature is the art of language, and the masters of children's literature are the sun in literature.
1. Erich Kestner (February 23, 1899, July 29, 1974): The father of post-war children's literature in West Germany.
Born in a time of suffering and experiencing brutal wars, he captures the characteristics and psychology of children, attracts young readers to read them with their hands, and at the same time, naturally leads them to grow up, and sincerely teaches them the principles of life.
Representative works: "The Capture of the Emil by the Thief", "Opening Speech".
Erich Kestner.
2. Astrid Lindgren (November 14, 1907, January 28, 2002): She enjoys the lofty status of the mother of the nation in Sweden and is respectfully called "Fairy Tale Grandmother".
No child inspires me more than the one who was once my own." Giving the field of children's literature a new artistic style, psychology, humor and narrative interest, creating two styles, popular and imaginative.
Representative work: "Pippi Longstocking".
Astrid Lindgren.
3. Hans Christine Andersen (April 2, 1805, August 4, 1875): Known as the father of modern fairy tales and "the sun of the world's children's literature".
While pursuing women, he always subconsciously avoids women. "He was never married all his life, he was very lonely, intensely lonely, but with the eyes of a child and the pen of a poet, he wrote the best in the literary world.
Representative works: "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales".
Hans Christine Andersen.
4. Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900): known as the "fairy tale prince", "genius and dramatist".
He wrote only nine fairy tales in his lifetime, but they were comparable to Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales and Grimm's fairy tales. Fairy tales are "not only for children, but also for all people between the ages of 18 and 80 who are full of innocence".
Representative works: "The Happy Prince and Other Stories".
Oscar wilde.
5. Tove Jansson (1914-2001): A world-famous master of fantasy literature.
This child from "Mommy Valley", a woman hidden in the murals and islands, uses her fairy tales to show a novel world full of sincerity, kindness and beauty, and turn the whole world into a small family.
Every book written for a child should leave a clue where the author stops while the child can continue to think and imagine. Neither horror nor joy is a feeling that can be expressed in words. A single face can never depict our entire inner world. ”
Representative works: "Mommy Valley" series of fairy tales.
Tove Jansson.
Daddy and the Sea
6. Charles Bello (1628-1703): Opened the way to the creation of folk fairy tales. Shire. The Bello brand is derived from the master.
Turgenev commented: "In his fairy tales we can feel the kind of atmosphere that we have felt in folk poetry;
It is the mixture of fantasy and wonder and ordinary simplicity, solemnity and sublime and lively happiness in his fairy tales that is truly worthy of --- name that distinguishes fairy tale ideas from other literary genres. ”
Representative works: "The Story of Mother Goose" and "Sleeping Beauty in the Woods".
Charles Bello.
7. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944): French writer and aviator.
Adventurous and liberal all his life, one of the first generation of pilots in France. Exploring the soul with writing, he wrote the second best-selling book in the world and was hailed as "the best book in the Bible in terms of reading rate, The Little Prince."", let them use the imagination of the little prince to temporarily forget the desires that belong to the adult world, fly back to childhood, and reflect on real life, and discover the true meaning of life.
Representative work: "The Little Prince".
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
8. The Brothers Grimm: The collective name of the brothers Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is regarded as the pioneer of the German democratic movement.
Collecting and collating German folk fairy tales and legends, most of which are derived from folk oral traditions, and finally processed into a collection of more than 200 stories "Children's and Family Fairy Tales" (commonly known as "Grimm's Fairy Tales"), second only to the "best-selling German works" of the Bible.
Representative works: "Grimm's Fairy Tales".
Brothers Grimm.