![]() "The German word heimat is a difficult term to define in English. Krug spoke to Eleanor Wachtel from Manhattan. Her work has won three gold medals and a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators, as well as a Silver Cube from the New York Art Directors Club. ![]() She moved to New York City to study illustration at the Parsons School of Design, where she now teaches. Krug was born in 1977 in southwest Germany. The winner will be announced on March 14, 2019. Belonging was on many best-of-the-year lists for 2018, and is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. Unflinching and compassionate, the book incorporates a striking variety of visual devices, including photographs, postcards, newspapers and documents, children's exercise books, watercolours, comic strips and text. ![]() ![]() An illustrated and hand-lettered memoir, Belonging is Krug's powerful investigation into her German family's involvement in the Second World War and the impact of history on successive generations. ![]() With her latest book, graphic artist Nora Krug is earning wide acclaim in the literary world. ![]()
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