Barbara Yelin
{{Short description|German cartoonist (born 1977)}}
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| birth_date = 26 July 1977
| birth_place = Munich, Germany
| area = cartoonist
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| awards = {{hlist|Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis|Max & Moritz Prize|Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis}}
| website = http://www.barbarayelin.de./
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Barbara Yelin (born 26 July 1977, Munich) is a German cartoonist who has won several awards in Germany including the Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis, Max & Moritz Prize, and the Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis. As an educator, she has been affiliated with Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar and University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Education
Barbara Yelin studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and graduated in 2004.
Career
She first published the comic stories {{lang|fr|Le visiteur}} (2004) and {{lang|fr|Le retard}} (2006) in France. In Germany, she drew contributions for the anthologies Spring.{{cite web |title=Home : SPRING |url=http://www.springmagazin.de/ |website=www.springmagazin.de |access-date=10 June 2023 |language=de}} and Pomme d'amour. In 2010, she produced her comic Gift about the story of Gesche Gottfried based on a scenario by Peer Meter.
Between 2011 and 2012, the Frankfurter Rundschau regularly published her comic strip {{lang|de|Riekes Notizen}}, and Reprodukt published a selection of the strips in 2013.{{cite web |title=Barbara Yelin: Riekes Notizen – Perlentaucher |url=https://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/barbara-yelin/riekes-notizen.html |website=www.perlentaucher.de |access-date=10 June 2023 |language=de}}
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In 2014, her story Irmina about a fellow traveler during the Nazi Germany period, was also published by Reprodukt, with which she also covered some of her own family history.Petra Morsbach: "Wie ich lernte, Comics zu lieben", in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 5 Dezember 2015, p. 20 As of March 2022, Yelin's work has been translated into 10 languages, including English, French, Italian, Dutch, and Turkish.{{cite web |title=Editions of Irmina by Barbara Yelin |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/43444497-irmina?per_page=25&utf8=%E2%9C%93 |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=10 June 2023 |language=en}}
From autumn 2015, together with the author Thomas von Steinaecker, she published the web sequel comic {{lang|de|Der Sommer ihres Lebens}},{{cite web |title=S. Fischer Verlage |url=https://www.fischerverlage.de/magazin |website=S. Fischer Verlage |access-date=10 June 2023 |language=de}} which was also published as a book by Reprodukt in 2016.
In 2018, Carlsen Verlag published {{lang|de|Die Unheimlichen}}, Yelin's adaptation of {{lang|de|Das Wassergespenst von Harrowby Hall}} in the series edited by Isabel Kreitz. In 2019, Yelin self-published {{lang|de|Unsichtbar}}, in which she tells the story of an Eritrean refugee in collaboration with Ursula Yelin.{{cite web |title="Aber ich lebe!" |url=https://arolsen-archives.org/news/aber-ich-lebe/ |website=Arolsen Archives |access-date=10 June 2023 |language=de-DE |date=17 March 2021}}
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In cooperation with Alex Rühle, the children's book {{lang|de|Gigaguhl und das Riesen-Glück}} was published by dtv Junior in 2020. In May 2022, But I live was published by the University of Toronto Press, in which Yelin talks about remembrance, based on the life of Holocaust survivor Emmie Arbel.{{cite web |title="Aber ich lebe!" |url=https://arolsen-archives.org/news/aber-ich-lebe/ |website=Arolsen Archives |access-date=11 June 2023 |language=de-DE |date=17 March 2021}} The book portrays three Holocaust survivors in the format of graphic novels.{{cite web |title=But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust – Hardcover |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/but-i-live-charlotte-schalli/1141375650?ean=9781487526849 |website=Barnes & Noble |access-date=11 June 2023 |language=en}}
In 2012, Yelin was appointed visiting professor for comics and graphic novels at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar.{{cite web |title=Alle Infos zur Person: Barbara Yelin |url=https://www.hbksaar.de/personen/details/yelin |website=www.hbksaar.de |access-date=11 June 2023 |language=de}} During the period of 2013 to 2015, she was a lecturer at the "Comic-Seminar" in Erlangen. In 2018, she was a writer-in-residence at Grinnell College in Iowa.{{cite web |title=Writer-in-Residence: Barbara Yelin |url=https://www.grinnell.edu/news/writer-residence-barbara-yelin |website=Grinnell College |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=10 April 2018 |language=en}} Also since 2018, she has been teaching at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Since 2018, she has directed and moderated the Comic Bar, a series of lectures by the Munich City Library with international guests.{{cite web |title=Monacensia im Hildebrandhaus: Comic Bar: Der Spalt |url=https://www.muenchner-stadtbibliothek.de/veranstaltungen/details/comic-bar-der-spalt-10818 |website=muenchner-stadtbibliothek.de |access-date=11 June 2023 |language=de-DE |date=19 October 2021}}
Personal life
Yelin was a member of the Berlin Atelier Bilderbureau.{{cite news |author1= |title=Der Tagesspiegel-Fragebogen (2): 15 Fragen an – Barbara Yelin |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comics/15-fragen-an-barbara-yelin-8093293.html |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |date=9 August 2010 |language=de-DE}} She works and lives with her partner and their son in Munich.
Awards
- 2015, Prix Artémisia[https://associationartemisia.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/prix-artemisia-2015-la-selection/ Prix Artémisia 2015 : la sélection], bei association artemisia
- 2015, Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis
- 2016, Max & Moritz Prize, category, "Best German-language Comic Artist"
- 2016, Residency grant from the Künstlerresidenz Chretzeturm, Stein am Rhein{{cite web |url=https://www.barbarayelin.de/uebermich/ |title=Über mich |date=4 August 2017}}
- 2017 Nomination for an Eisner Award[https://www.reprodukt.com/Produkt/comics/uber-unterwegs-ein-jahreskalender-von-barbara-yelin/ Reprodukt Verlag] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627121516/https://www.reprodukt.com/Produkt/comics/uber-unterwegs-ein-jahreskalender-von-barbara-yelin/ |date=2020-06-27 }}, 25 July 2020
- 2018, Calendar Prize of the Frankfurt Book Fair
- 2018, Rudolph-Dirks-Award for "Der Sommer ihres Lebens" with Thomas von Steinaecker
- 2019, Rudolph-Dirks-Award for "Das Wassergespenst von Harrowby Hall"[http://rudolphdirksaward.de/ Website Rudolph Dirks Award], 25 July 2020
- 2021, Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis{{cite web |website=muenchen.de |url=https://ru.muenchen.de/2020/225/Preistraegerinnen-fuer-den-Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis-stehen-fest-93664 |title=Preisträger*innen für den Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis stehen fest |language=de |date=18 November 2021}}
- 2021, Working grant for Munich authors[https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kulturreferat/Literatur/Stipendien-Literatur/literatur-arbeitsstipendium.html Stadt München], 18 November 2021.
Selected works
- With Gilad Seliktar, Miriam Libicki: But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust. University of Toronto Press, Toronto 2022, {{ISBN|978-1-48752684-9}}
- With Paul-Moritz Rabe (Herausgeber): Tagebuch eines Zwangsarbeiters. Verlag C. H. Beck, Munich 2022, {{ISBN|978-3-406-78165-0}}
- With Alex Rühle: Gigaguhl und das Riesen-Glück. dtv Junior, Munich 2020, {{ISBN|978-3-423-76286-1}}
- Die Unheimlichen: Das Wassergespenst von Harrowby Hall. Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2018, {{ISBN|978-3-551-71350-6}}
- With Thomas von Steinaecker: Der Sommer ihres Lebens. Reprodukt, Berlin 2017, {{ISBN|978-3-95640-135-0}}
- With David Polonsky: Vor allem eins: Dir selbst sei treu. Die Schauspielerin Channa Maron. Reprodukt, Berlin 2016, {{ISBN|978-3-95640-102-2}}
- Irmina. Reprodukt, Berlin 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-95640-006-3}}
- Riekes Notizen. Vorwort Hella von Sinnen. Reprodukt, Berlin 2013, {{ISBN|978-3-943143-51-5}}
- Vincent van Gogh. Kunst-Comic, with Mona Horncastle, Prestel, Munich 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-7913-7071-2}}
- Albrecht Dürer. Kunst-Comic, with Mona Horncastle, Prestel, Munich 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-7913-7070-5}}
- Gift. with Peer Meter, Reprodukt, Berlin 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-941099-41-8}}
- Le retard. Translated from the German by Thierry Groensteen. Edition de l’An 2, Angoulême DL 2006, {{ISBN|978-2-84856-068-7}}
- Le visiteur. Edition de l’An 2, Angoulême DL 2004, {{ISBN|978-2-84856-029-8}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.barbarayelin.de./ Personal website]
- {{DNB-Portal|140829776}}
- {{Perlentaucher|barbara-yelin}}
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