“Why would we ever want to go back when your world is so accommodating with your telephones and your guns and what's that sticky stuff called ...duct tape.”
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Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Maria Funke is a German author of children's fiction. Born in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, she began her career as a social worker before becoming a book illustrator. She began writing novels in the late 1980s and focused primarily on fantasy-oriented stories that depict the lives of children faced with adversity. Funke has since become Germany's "bestselling author for children". Her…
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culture · German author of children's fiction (born 1958) · writer · children's writer · screenwriter · illustrator · film producer · young adult author · also Cornelia Funke, Cornelia Maria Funke, Funke
Born 10 December 1958 · Q57971
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2026· 5 entries
“Read – and be curious. And if somebody says to you:”
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THISDAYLIVE: Expectations High as Funke Akindele Sets Another December Film Release Titled ‘The Four’
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WOZ Die Wochenzeitung: Cornelia Funke: Eine ganze Bande
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PM News Nigeria: Funke Akindele announces release date for new film
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2023· 2 entries
Released album “Die Farbe der Rache – Tintenwelt, Band 4 (Hörbuch)”.
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Released album “Die Farbe der Rache”.
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2021· 1 entry
Funke then left the United States and moved to Tuscany, Italy
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2020· 2 entries
Awarded Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (2020).
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When Funke announced that a sequel called Die Farbe der Rache (The Color of Revenge) will be published by October 2021 in Germany
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2017· 4 entries
Awarded Deutscher Phantastik Preis (2017).
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Released album “Die Vulkan-Mission”.
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And a feature film adaptation of the same name was released in 2020
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Funke published The Book No One Ever Read, the first work written by the author in English, as opposed to being written in German first
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2015· 8 entries
The Guardian: Reckless by Cornelia Funke - review
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The Guardian: Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - review
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The Guardian: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - review
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The Guardian: Cornelia Funke joins self-publishing revolution
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The Guardian: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke – review
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Awarded Bayerischer Buchpreis (2015).
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Awarded Annette von Droste-Hülshoff Prize (2015).
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The film Ghosthunters on Icy Trails (German original title: Gespensterjäger), based on her novel Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Kalbacher Klapperschlange for Ghost Knight (2014).
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “Potilla und der Mützendieb”.
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2010· 4 entries
Cornelia returned with her first book since Inkdeath in 2007, Reckless
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Funke has been the official patron of the children's hospice Bethel for dying children since February 2010.
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Released album “Die Gespensterjäger in der Gruselburg”.
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Released album “Die Gespensterjäger im Feuerspuk”.
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2009· 1 entry
A video game based on the film was released for the Nintendo DS
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2008· 5 entries
Awarded Hörbuchbestenliste for Inkdeath (2008).
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Awarded Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2008).
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Awarded Roswitha Prize (2008).
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Awarded Bambi Award (2008).
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Awarded Deutscher Phantastik Preis for Inkdeath (2008).
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2006· 1 entry
Released album “When Santa Fell to Earth”.
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2005· 1 entry
After she had accepted the offer to participate as the film's producer alongside Barry Mendel
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2004· 5 entries
Awarded Zilveren Griffel (2004).
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Awarded Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar for Inkheart (2004).
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Awarded Hörbuchbestenliste (2004).
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Awarded Kalbacher Klapperschlange for Inkheart (2004).
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It became a massive success, and remained on The New York Times Best Seller list for 78 weeks, reaching number one on the Children's Best Seller list
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Hörbuchbestenliste (2003).
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Awarded Corine Literature Prize for The Thief Lord (2003).
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Awarded Mildred L. Batchelder Award for The Thief Lord (2003).
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2002· 3 entries
Awarded Evangelischer Buchpreis for The Thief Lord (2002).
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Did her novels begin being translated into English
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Won widespread acclaim and reached several bestseller lists
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Kalbacher Klapperschlange for The Thief Lord (2001).
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Awarded La vache qui lit for The Thief Lord (2001).
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded Hörbuchbestenliste for Igraine the Brave (2000).
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Awarded Wildweibchenpreis (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Hörbuchbestenliste (1999).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Kalbacher Klapperschlange for Dragon Rider (1998).
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1997· 1 entry
Received a letter from a young bilingual girl who asked why Funke's novel hadn't been translated into English yet
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1989· 1 entry
And soon after their son, Ben, was born in 1994
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1958· 2 entries
Born 1958-12-10.
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In the town of Dorsten in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, to Karl-Heinz and Helmi Funke
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