Binette Schröder

Schröder, Binette (1939– ), German illustrator and photographer, who has gained an international reputation, especially in Japan. In 1997 she won the German Literature Prize for her collected works. Her fantastic fairy‐tale world is strikingly stylized and filled with graceful dolls and artificial landscapes. She frequently depicts charming futuristic scenes on a well‐ordered but lifeless theatrical stage. Her first illustrated fairy‐tale book, Lupinchen (1977), was translated into 17 languages and established her international fame. She has also illustrated Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales (1974), Kinder‐ und Hausmärchen (1986), The Frog King (1987/9), and The Juniper Tree (1997), which she endowed with mythic proportions.

— Klaus Doderer