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Philipp Winterberg

German author

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ27662213
Source-derived summary

Philipp Winterberg (born in 1978) is a German author. His books have been reviewed and recommended by Kirkus Reviews, Die Tageszeitung, Foreword Reviews, Börsenblatt, Österreichisches Schulportal and many more.

His children's book Am I small? is available for every country on earth in at least one official language making it the world's first "World Children's Book". In 2020, Am I small? was exhibited by the German National Library as the most translated German book of all time (more than 200 languages and dialects).

Bibliography

Selected works from the catalog of the German National Library.

2011 – In Here, Out There! (Da rein, da raus!, 70+ languages and dialects)

2013 – Die Herleitung von Instrumenten der Einstellungsänderung aus einer Theorie der Einstellung

2013 – Am I small? (Bin ich klein?, 220+ languages and dialects)

2014 – St.

Editorial summary

“Philipp Winterberg” enters the record as german author. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Philipp, Winterberg and German can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1978, 2020, 2011, 2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1978-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Philipp, Winterberg and German.
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Why this record matters

“Philipp Winterberg” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Philipp, Winterberg and German provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27662213. VIAF identifies the subject as 315534292. The Library of Congress control number is no2015043469. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1978, 2020, 2011 and 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from Philipp Winterberg” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.