Cornelia Boese

Cornelia Boese was born in Würzburg in 1970. She studied music and worked for many years as an opera prompter, stage musician and children’s concert presenter at theaters from Innsbruck to Stockholm. From 2005 onward, she published numerous books and poetry collections in light-hearted verse for children and adults as a freelance poet. Her picture book »Wo ist Theatrine?« received the 2022 Leipziger Lesekompass award. Her translation of Monika Vaicenavičienė’s poetic nonfiction picture book »Was ist ein Fluss?« was nominated for the 2023 German Youth Literature Prize.