He grew up in
Pruem (
Eifel), and studied Germanistik, Philosophy, and History in
Freiburg,
Münster and
Frankfurt. He lived and worked as a free-lance writer first in Frankfurt/Main, then five years in
Thessaloniki, Greece. Since Spring 2000 Martin Ebbertz has lived with his wife and two children in Boppard on the
Rhine River.[1] In addition to being a writer, he is also a
flea market dealer and a second-hand bookseller.
His first children's book Josef, der zu den Indianern will appeared in 1992. His best known book is Der kleine Herr Jaromir, which was also translated into Dutch and Chinese. Many of his children's stories were also published in the German literary radio program broadcast
Ohrenbär.
Bibliography
Poetry & Prose
Der schönste Platz von Teneriffa. Sports stories. Verlag Am Erker, 1988
Vier Jahrzehnte Eremiten-Presse. History of a publishing house. Chronicle. Eremiten-Presse 1989
Alltagsrezepte. Edition Razamba, 2008
Bestiarium Nonsens. A small lexicon of the most important really strange animal species. Edition Razamba, 2009
Das Fressverhalten der Mäuse. Stories. Edition Razamba, 2011
Children's Book
Josef, der zu den Indianern will. Anrich Verlag, 1992
Der blaue Hut und der gelbe Kanarienvogel. Verlag St. Gabriel, 1995
Der kleine Herr Jaromir. Patmos, 2002.
Onkel Theo erzählt vom Pferd – und 26 weitere total verrückte Geschichten. Moses, 2004
Karlo, Seefahrer an Land. Coppenrath, 2007
Pech und Glück eines Brustschwimmers. Sauerländer, 2008
Der kleine Herr Jaromir findet das Glück. Sauerländer 2008
Paula, die Leseratte. Razamba 2010
Audiobook
Armes Ferkel Anton. Deutsche Grammophon, 1998
Awards
1999 "Kinderhörbuch des Monats" (children's audiobook of the month) to Armes Ferkel Anton
2002
SR/
RB Bestenliste Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (List of best children's literature)
2002 "Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur" (German Academy for Children's and Young People's Literature, in
Volkach): Kinderbuch des Monats