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Ali Mitgutsch
Alfons Mitgutsch, known as Ali Mitgutsch, born August 21, 1935 in Munich, Germany, is a German author of picture books and a professional advertising Illustrator. He is known as father of the Wimmelbilder-books.
Early life.
As a child the Mitgutsch family was evacuated to Allgäu in World War II due to bombing in Munich. After returning to Munich he trained at Graphical Academy as a lithographer.
Career.
In the 1960s, Kurt Seelmann, a child psychologist inspired him to
authors include Richard Scarry, Ali Mitgutsch, Rotraut Susanne Berner, and . In the United Kingdom and the United States, wimmelbooks gained popularity with the success of the "Where's Wally?" series by the British illustrator Martin Handford.
Literature.
- Cornelia Rémi: Wimmelbooks. In: Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (ed.): "Routledge Companion to Picturebooks", London, New York: Routledge, 2017, 158-168.
- Cornelia Rémi: Reading as Playing: The Cognitive Challenge of the