Boy Lornsen
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1922 – 1995
Who was Boy Lornsen?
Boy Lornsen was a German sculptor and author of children's literature, writing both in Standard German and in Platt.
Lornsen served as pilot and radio operator in the German Luftwaffe during World War II. After the war, he was educated as a sculptor at Hanover. He worked as a sculptor into the 1960s.
In 1967, he published his first children's book, about a boy who helps a robot with his homework. The book was a success, and was adapted for television in 1972. Lornsen was a member of P.E.N. from 1981.
Lornsen's books were translated into numerous languages, including Greek, Japanese and Norwegian. In 1980, his Jakobus Nimmersatt was adapted by Japan's Nippon Animation studio into a TV special, Nodoka Mori no Dobutsu Daisakusen, directed by Yoshio Kuroda; the special was released in English under two different titles, Back to the Forest and Peter of Placid Forest.
Paul the Octopus was named after one of his poems: Der Tintenfisch Paul Oktopus.
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