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Ernst Jandl was born in Vienna in 1925, he took part in the World War II as a soldier and was imprisoned by the American army. In 1946 he started to study German Philology at Vienna University, he got his PhD in 1950 and then he worked as a teacher in a Secondary School.
In 1954 he started to publish what would later become a large experimental work, both poetry and prose.
He was awarded with the Austrian Literature Prize in 1968, with Kleist Prize in 1993 and with the Hölderling prize in 1995.
Ernst Jandl was a member of the Academy of German Language and Poetry of Darmstandt and he translated several works written by the American writer Gertrude Stein, leaving an important artistic work behind. He passed away in 2000.
A sheet of paper and, under it, another sheet of paper, and, under it, another sheet of paper, and, under it, a table, and under it, a floor, and, under it, a room, and under it, a basement… and if we go on, we will soon find ourselves at the other side of the world.
A puppet with a broken nose waits for his turn to see the doctor. There are other patients that go first: the penguin, the duck, the bear and the frog. All they are waiting with fear the medical check-up, which will bring health and happiness back to them.
A distinct picture book, full of sweetness, to give to anyone who has to go to the waiting room of a health centre.
Bologna Ragazzi Award 1998 (3- to 6-year-olds category)
