Writing · Novel · Creator
Born May 31, 1926 · Helgoland, Germany
Active 1970–1997 · Awards: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Hans Christian Andersen Award, Großer Preis der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V. Volkach, Literaturpreis der Universitätsstadt Marburg und des Landkreises Marburg-Biedenkopf
James Krüss (31 May 1926 – 2 August 1997) was a German writer of children's and picture books, illustrator, poet, dramatist, scriptwriter, translator, and collector of children's poems and folk songs.