Francis,Francis wrote:The French have always made a lot of authors etc - even when they are down on
their luck. They used to issue charity stamps for distressed intellectuals! They
also fully appreciate writers of children books and comics - think what a fuss they
make of Tintin and Asterix.
There were abundant German childrens/youth books in the sixties when I grew up, but I was more interested in British childrens books authors like Blyton and Norman Dale, French childrens books authors like Jean-Paul Bonzon or American childrens books authors like Jean Craighead George and Laura Ingalls Wilder.
What bothered me early on was the fact that the German childrens books authors got more praise and attention than the British, French and American childrens books authors.
later when I was an adult, I noticed the same about German novels. It must be a typical German thing !