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Biographie de Judith Kerr

Judith Kerr OBE was born in Berlin. Her family left Germany in 1933 to escape the rising Nazi party, and came to England. She studied at the Central School of Art and later worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC. Judith married the celebrated screenwriter Nigel Kneale in 1954. She left the BBC to look after their two children, who inspired her first picture book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Published in 1968, it has become a beloved classic.
Mog the Forgetful Cat was Judith's second book, published in 1970 and based on her much-loved family cat. Mog appeared in many more books over the years, and in 2020 this really remarkable cat celebrates fifty years since that first story. Judith was awarded the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, and in 2019 was named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards. Judith died in May 2019, and her stories continue to entertain and delight generations of children.