THE BROTHERS GRIMM SOCIETY
OF NORTH AMERICA
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Coming Up Next:
Henrik Schrat
We're excited to invite for our interview series the artist Henrik Schrat, ​illustrator of 200 Grimm fairy-tales published in a five-book series from 2020-2024!​​
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Henrik works with different forms of visual narration. His unique practice revitalizes and reinterprets traditional techniques, such as wood inlay (marquetry), silhouette drawings, and hanging scrolls, through a modern lens to create intricate narrative graphics, different types of illustration and large scale murals. In an entertaining, humoresque way, his projects explore the complexities of social, political, and economic relations by drawing on a vast library of popular stories, ranging from the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, to Starship Enterprise, up to Harry Potter.
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When: Tuesday, February 17, 11am-12pm EST/EDT.
Join us over Zoom: https://msu.zoom.us/j/94428788038
Meeting ID: 944 2878 8038
Click here for more information about Henrik​
Click here to learn about his Grimm project (in 5 volumes)
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Our Mission
The BGSNA is a literary, nonprofit (501)(c)(3) public benefit corporation. It was organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for public purposes in the state of Florida on October 2, 2021. The purposes of the corporation are to encourage and promote the study and research of all aspects of the legacy and the spirit of the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, their works, their lives, their period, and the historic and contemporary dissemination of the Grimms' fairy tales as well as their other texts.
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“The Brothers Grimm:
The Real Story of Germany's Storytellers”
by Gabriele Rose (2022)
"[...] This film tells the unknown side of the famous fairy tale collectors through scenes and interviews with the two brothers based on original texts. The docudrama provides an intensive insight into the lives of the two great writers and shows how close their relationship was."
Click here for more information about the film
​“It is excellent! … Anyone who might want to teach a course about fairy tales should begin with this film, for it raises many questions and clarifies who the Grimms were and how important they are.”
- Prof. Jack Zipes
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”