James Krüss

James Krüss
BornJames Jacob Hinrich Krüss
(1926-05-31)31 May 1926
Heligoland, Germany
Died2 August 1997(1997-08-02) (aged 71)
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
OccupationWriter
NationalityGerman
Period1946–?
GenreChildren's literature
Notable worksTimm Thaler
Notable awardsHans Christian Andersen Award for Writing
1968

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. For his contribution as a children's writer he received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1968.