Beatrice Alemagna

Beatrice Alemagna, born in 1973 in Bologna, Italy, is an author and illustrator of children’s books. She studied graphic design in Urbino and moved to Paris in 1997, where she spent over ten years designing posters for the Centre Pompidou and publishing her first books. Her work has received numerous awards, including prizes at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and the Prix La Grande Ourse in Montreuil. To date, she has published more than 40 children’s books, which have been translated into 19 languages.

Status: April 2025

Le grand été de Pepper
Albin Michel Jeunesse
Paris, 2025

Der Sommer mit Pepper
Aladin Verlag (Thienemann-Esslinger)
Stuttgart, 2025
[Tr: Maria Höck]

Sa Majesté Boue, Princesse du Pays de la Gadoue
La Partie
Paris, 2024

Ihre Hoheit Matsch, Prinzessin von Schlammland
Rotopol
Kassel, 2025
[Tr: Henrieke Markert]

Les choses qui s’en vont
Les Fourmis Rouges
Paris, 2019

Dinge, die vorübergehen
Hatje Cantz
Berlin, 2024
[Tr: Sophie Zeitz]

Un grand jour de rien
Albin Michel Jeunesse
Paris, 2016

Ein großer Tag, an dem fast nichts passierte
Beltz & Gelberg
Basel, 2018
[Tr: Anja Kootz]