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{{Short description|German illustrator (1935–2022)}}

'''Alfons Mitgutsch''', known as '''Ali Mitgutsch''', born August 21, 1935 in [[Munich]], Germany, is a [[Germans|German]] author of picture books and professional advertising [[Illustrator]]. He is known as father of the [[Wimmelbilderbuch|Wimmelbilder-books]].<ref name="br80">(German) Boris Berg: [http://www.br.de/mediathek/video/sendungen/abendschau/ali-mitgutsch-geburtstag-100.html ''Der Vater der Wimmelbücher – Zum 80. Geburtstag von Ali Mitgutsch''], [[Bayerischer Rundfunk]] vom 21. August 2015 ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxy94fhEEVM YouTube])</ref>▼

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▲'''Alfons “Ali” Mitgutsch''', known({{IPA|de|ˈaːli as '''ˈmɪtˌɡʊt͡ʃ|lang|De-Ali Mitgutsch''',.ogg}}; born21 August 21, 1935 in– [[Munich]],10 Germany,January is2022) was a [[Germans|German]] author of picture books and a professional advertising [[Illustrator]]. He iswas known as the father of the [[Wimmelbilderbuch|Wimmelbilder- books]].<ref name="br80">(German) Boris Berg: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150822190832/http://www.br.de/mediathek/video/sendungen/abendschau/ali-mitgutsch-geburtstag-100.html ''Der Vater der Wimmelbücher – Zum 80. Geburtstag von Ali Mitgutsch''], [[Bayerischer Rundfunk]] vom 21. August 2015 (archive.org) ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxy94fhEEVM YouTube])</ref>

== Life and career==

Mitgutsch was born in [[Munich]], [[Free State of Bavaria|Bavaria]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]], on 21 August 1935. As a child the Mitgutsch family was evacuated to [[Allgäu]] in [[World War II]] due airstrike backto bombing onin Munich.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/einestages/ali-mitgutsch-erfinder-der-wimmelbuecher-wird-80-a-1047680.html (German) Wimmelbild-Erfinder Ali Mitgutsch: ''Da kommt er, der Träumer!''], spiegel.de, Artikel vomAugust 13., 2015</ref> ReturnAfter thereturning to Munich he trained at Graphical Academy as a [[Lithography|lithographer which is a former profession of manual photo editing, layout and printing. In the 1960s, Kurt Seelmann, a psychologist for children inspired him to create a special kind of picture books for children]].

In the 1960s, Kurt Seelmann, a [[Developmental psychology|child psychologist]] inspired him to create a special kind of picture book for children. Mitgutsch became famous for his Wimmelbilder-books. These books show everyday scenes in a single painting across the pages on top. ''Rundherum in meiner Stadt'' (Around in my city) released in 1968 is the first book in the series.<ref>(German) Magnus Klaue, Zur Renaissance der Wimmelbücher, [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] No. 65, 18.</ref>

Mitgutsch became famous for his Wimmelbilder-books made for children. Opening such book at any page it shows lots of everyday scenes in a single painting across both pages on top.

Mitgutsch lived in Munich, the city inspired his [[paintings]].<ref name="br80" /> He died in Munich from complications of pneumonia on 10 January 2022, at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Schuetze|first=Christopher F.|date=2022-01-18|title=Ali Mitgutsch, Inventive Children's Book Illustrator, Dies at 86|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/books/ali-mitgutsch-dead.html|access-date=2022-01-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Linnartz|first=Mareen|title=Ali Mitgutsch: Der Kinderbuchautor ist mit 86 Jahren gestorben|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/ali-mitgutsch-wimmelbuecher-nachruf-1.5505565|access-date=11 January 2022|website=Süddeutsche.de|date=11 January 2022 |language=de}}</ref>

''Rundherum in meiner Stadt'' (Around in my city) released in 1968 is known as the first Wimmel-book in German-speaking countries.<ref>(German) Magnus Klaue, Zur Renaissance der Wimmelbücher, [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]] No. 65, 18.</ref>

Mitgutsch is living in Munich, the city of his birth where he caught most of the inspirations for his [[paintings]].<ref name="br80" />

== Awards ==

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* 1972 nominated for Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for ''Komm mit ans Wasser''

* 1978 [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] for ''Rund ums Schiff (Around the ship)''

* 2003 [[Schwabing Art Prize|Schwabing Art Award]]<ref>[http{{Cite web|url=https://www.rossipotti.de/inhalt/literaturlexikon/illustratoren/mitgutsch_ali.html|title=Ali Auszeichnungen]Mitgutsch &#124; Rossipotti Literaturlexikon|website=www.rossipotti.de}}</ref>

* 2016 [[Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kulturreferat/Presseservice/Pressemeldungen/2015_09/Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis.html |title=Landeshauptstadt München - Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis 2016 an Ali Mitgutsch |access-date=4 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327035941/http://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kulturreferat/Presseservice/Pressemeldungen/2015_09/Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis.html |archive-date=27 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

* 2018 [[Bundesverdienstkreuz|Verdienstkreuz am Bande der Bundesrepublik Deutschland]] for a new Genre <ref>''Wimmelbuch-Autor: Orden für Ali Mitgutsch'', ''Neue Presse'' vom 11 October 2018, p. 17</ref>

* 2019 ''Oberbayerischer Kulturpreis''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bezirk-oberbayern.de/Kultur/Auszeichnungen-Preise/Oberbayerischer-Kulturpreis/?La=1&NavID=2378.274|title=Oberbayerischer Kulturpreis|first=Bezirk|last=Oberbayern|website=Bezirk Oberbayern}}</ref>

== Publications ==

* together{{cite withbook|url={{google Ingmarbooks Gregorzewski:|plainurl=y ''|id=eoT6oQEACAAJ}}|title=Herzanzünder: Mein Leben als Kind'', (heard lighter: my childhood) Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München|last1=Mitgutsch|first1=Ali|last2=Gregorzewski|first2=Ingmar|date=May 2015,|publisher=dtv {{ISBNVerlagsgesellschaft|isbn=978-3-423280570423-28057-0}}.

;=== Picture Booksbooks ===

* "''Pepes Hut"'' (1959)

* "''Ulus abenteuerliche Reise"'' (1960 im Münchener Bilderbuch Verlag)

* "Nico findet einen Schatz" (1961)

* "''Nico findet einen Schatz'' (1961)
* ''Rundherum in meiner Stadt"'' (1968 [[Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis]])

* "''Bei uns im Dorf"'' (1970) (''In our Village'')

* "''Komm mit ans Wasser"'' (1971)

* "''Auf dem Lande"''

* "''Rund ums Rad"'' (1975)

* "''Rund ums Schiff"'' (1977)

* "''Hier in den Bergen"'' (1979)

* "''Was wimmelt denn da"'' (''What's teeming here'')

* "''Die Hexe und die sieben Fexe"''

* "''Unsere große Stadt"'' (1988)

* "''Ritterbuch"'' (''Knightsbook'')

* "''Engel in der Werkstatt"''

* "''Aufbruch der Weihnachtsmänner"''

* "''Mein schönstes Wimmelbilderbuch"''

* "''Das große Piraten-Wimmelbuch"''

* "''Alle spielen mit"''

* "''Mein riesengroßes Piraten-Wimmelbuch"''

* "''Mein riesengroßes Wimmel-Suchbuch"'' (2010)

* "''Fizzel baut eine Burg" (''Fizzel is building a castle''), Otto Maier, Ravensburg'',1992, Reihe Kleine Ravensburger

* "''Vom Korn zum Brot"'' (''From grain to bread'')

== Further reading ==

* {{German National Library portal|118146734}}

* {{DDB|Person|118146734}}Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek

* [http://www.rossipotti.de/inhalt/literaturlexikon/illustratoren/mitgutsch_ali.html rossipotti.de] BiografieBiography undand Werkverzeichniscatalogue of works (in German).

* [http://www.memoro.org/de-de/Schwabinger-Stra%C3%9Fengang_13602.html Ali Mitgutsch erzählt eine Episode aus seiner Jugend "Schwabinger Straßengang"], Ali Mitgutsch recounting some childhood memories (in German).

* [http://www.freitag.de/alltag/1151-ich-lebte-in-derfantasie In einer eigenen Welt], Interviewinterview mitwith Ali Mitgutsch, in: ''Der Freitag'', December 23. Dezember, 2011 (in German).

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