Gudrun Pausewang is a German writer for children and teens. She is also noted in science fiction for Young-Adult novels like The Last Children of Schewenborn

The Last Children of Schewenborn

The Last Children of Schewenborn is a 1983 novel by Gudrun Pausewang, depicting life in Germany in the aftermath of a nuclear war....

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Gudrun Pausewang was born in Eastern Bohemia of German ancestry and after World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 her family settled in the former West Germany. She later became a teacher and taught in Germany's foreign school services in South America. She has won several awards including the Bundesverdienstkreuz

Bundesverdienstkreuz

The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany is the only general state decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has existed since 7 September 1951, and between 3,000 and 5,200 awards are given every year across all classes...

. She has written 86 novels with many of them involving the Third World and environmental concerns.

She won for Die Wolke (The Cloud) the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's literature. It is Germany's only state-funded literary award. In the past, authors from many countries...

 and the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis

Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis

The Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis is possibly the best-known science fiction award from Germany. The award is named after the science fiction author Kurd Laßwitz....

 in 1988.

Books:
Dark Hours, translated by John Brownjohn, published in America through Annick Press

Annick Press

Annick Press is a Canadian book publishing company that was founded in Toronto in 1975 by Anne Millyard and Rick Wilks. Rick Wilks became the sole owner in 2000. A second editorial office was opened in Vancouver by Colleen MacMillan in 1999...

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New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2007

2007-2008 Tayshas High School Reading List, Texas Library Association

Independent Publisher Book Award, Silver.

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