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.

Awards edit

 
1981: Myron Levoy

References edit

  1. ^ "50 Jahre Buxtehuder Bulle – Eine Stadt feiert das Jugendbuch". ZEIT ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Gratz und van Draanen nehmen "Buxtehuder Bullen" entgegen". NDR.de (in German). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Buxtehuder Bullen für Alan Gratz und Wendelin Van Draanen". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Buxtehuder Bulle für Roman über Jugendliche auf der Flucht". Die Presse (in German). 12 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links edit

Official website