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Woutertje Pieterse Prijs
The Woutertje Pieterse Prijs (; Dutch language, Dutch for Woutertje Pieterse Prize) is an annual Dutch literary award for the best Children's literature, children's book of the preceding year. History The award was first given in 1988. The award is awarded annually in March or April. The award is named after the character Woutertje Pieterse in ''Ideeën'' written by Multatuli. The award's name refers to the character's curiosity and tendency to go against society's Morality, morals. Similarly, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs is awarded to books that differ from children's literature with a Didacticism, didactic or moralistic nature. Some authors have received the award multiple times, including Toon Tellegen (1992, 1994), Joke van Leeuwen (1997, 1999), and Paul Biegel (1991, 2000). In 2018, Annet Schaap with her book ''Lampje'' was the first author to receive this award with a debut novel. The prize money has been provided by various organisations over the years, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reader, ranging from picture books for the very young to young adult fiction for those nearing maturity. Children's literature can be traced to traditional stories like fairy tales, which have only been identified as children's literature since the eighteenth century, and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, which adults shared with children before publishing existed. The development of early children's literature, before printing was invented, is difficult to trace. Even after printing became widespread, many classic "children's" tales were originally created for adults and later adapted for a younger audience. Since the fifteenth century much literature has been aimed specifically at children, often with a moral or religious message. Childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harm De Jonge (author)
Harm is a moral and legal concept with multiple definitions. It generally functions as a synonym for evil or anything that is bad under certain moral systems. Something that causes harm is harmful, and something that does not is harmless. Philosophical construction Moral philosopher Bernard Gert construed harm (or "evil") as any of the following: * pain * death * disability * mortality * loss of ability or freedom * loss of pleasure. Joel Feinberg gives an account of harm as setbacks to interests. He distinguishes ''welfare interests'' from ''ulterior interests''. Hence on his view there are two kinds of harm. ''Welfare interests'' are ''Ulterior interests'' are "a person's more ultimate goals and aspirations", such as "producing good novels or works of art, solving a crucial scientific problem, achieving high political office, successfully raising a family". Many philosophers have proposed variations of moral obligations to avoid causing harm, or have promoted harml ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrie Geelen
Harrie Geelen (born 10 January 1939) is a Dutch illustrator, film director, animator, translator, writer and poet. In 2014, he was made a knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion ("Ridder in de orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw"). He studied Dutch in Amsterdam, where he met his wife Imme Dros, like himself a writer of Dutch children's literature. Geelen wrote several well known television children's programs and translated Disney movies into Dutch. He illustrated his own books and those of his wife Imme Dros, some books by Annie M. G. Schmidt Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt (20 May 1911 – 21 May 1995) was a Dutch writer. She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "delicious Dutch idiom," and considered ... and a book by Toon Tellegen. He published the novel "Het Nijlpaard Ellende" and short stories like "Ooms en Tantes, Tantes en Ooms". For the movie "Pinkeltje" he was the director, designer as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thé Tjong-Khing
Thé Tjong-Khing (; born August 4, 1933) is a children's book illustrator based in the Netherlands. He was born in Purworedjo, Java, Dutch East Indies to a large Chinese Indonesian family. As a child he was interested in the Tarzan comic strips of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tjong-Khing attended the ''Seni Rupa'' (arts) institute in Bandung. He came to the Netherlands in 1956 and started as a draftsman at the Toonder Studio's, initially as a volunteer and later as an employee. In addition to his work on Oliver B. Bumble comics, he contributed to the magazine ''Tina'' and created ''Arman & Ilva''. In 1970 he was asked to provide illustration for Miep Diekmann's children's book. He became a freelance illustrator providing illustration to many children's book authors such as van Guus Kuijer, Els Pelgrom, Sylvia Vanden Heede en Dolf Verroen. Tjong-Khing won the '' Gouden Penseel'' (Golden Brush) award three times, and in 2005 won the ''Woutertje Pieterse Prijs The Woutertje Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleur Van Der Weel
Fleur van der Weel (born 9 February 1970) is a Dutch illustrator. Career In 2004, Van der Weel and Edward van de Vendel won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for their book ''Superguppie'' (2003). She also received the Vlag en Wimpel award for her illustrations in this book. In the years that followed, both published several other books in the ''Supperguppie'' book series. In 2012, they both also published the book ''Hallo'', a picture book on the occasion of the Kinderboekenweek. Van der Weel has illustrated books by various Dutch authors, including Bibi Dumon Tak, Fiona Rempt, Magda Ria Rapoye and Rindert Kromhout. Awards * 2004: Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, ''Superguppie'' (with Edward van de Vendel) * 2004: Vlag en Wimpel In the Netherlands, the award is an honourable mention awarded by either the jury of the Gouden Griffel and Zilveren Griffel awards (for Dutch-language children's literature) or the jury of the Gouden Penseel and Zilveren Penseel awards (for ..., '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Van De Vendel
Edward van de Vendel (born 1 August 1964) is a Dutch teacher, author, poet and writer of children's literature. Early life Van de Vendel was born in 1964 in Leerdam Leerdam () is a city and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The municipality was merged with the municipalities of Vianen and Zederik on 1 January 2019. The name of the new municipalit ..., Netherlands. He worked as a teacher for several years before becoming a full-time writer in 2001. Career Van de Vendel made his poetry debut in 1996 with ''Betrap me''. In 2001, Van de Vendel published ''Wat rijmt er op puree?'', the Kinderboekenweekgeschenk, a publication on the occasion of the annual Boekenweek (Dutch Book Week). In 2004, he won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs together with Fleur van der Weel for the book ''Superguppie''. In 2016, he also won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs together with Martijn van der Linden for the book ''Stem op de okapi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guus Kuijer
Guus Kuijer (; born 1 August 1942) is a Dutch author. He wrote books for children and adults, and is best known for the ''Madelief'' series of children's books. For his career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" he won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2012, the biggest prize in children's literature. As a children's writer he was one of five finalists for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2008. Early life Guus Kuijer is born on 1 August 1942 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. His parents were members of the Catholic Apostolic Church, but in 2006 Kuijer explained that he doesn't remember ever believing in God. He studied at the '' kweekschool'' in Doetinchem to become a teacher. From 1967 to 1973 he was a primary school teacher. Writing career In 1968 he started writing short stories for the magazine ''Hollands Maandblad'' and in 1971 he published a collection of his short storie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Van Gestel
Peter van Gestel (3 August 1937, Amsterdam – 1 March 2019, Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer. Career Writing Van Gestel made his debut in 1962 with ''Drempelvrees'', a collection of stories. He received the Reina Prinsen Geerligsprijs for this book. In 1976, he published the book ''Ver van huis'' under the pseudonym Sander Joosten. He made his debut in children's literature with ''Schuilen onder je schooltas'' in 1979. He received the Vlag en Wimpel award for this book. He received the Nienke van Hichtum-prijs 1987 for his book ''Ko Kruier en zijn stadsgenoten'' (1985) with illustrations by Peter van Straaten. For his children's book ''Winterijs'' he won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2002 as well as the Gouden Griffel 2002 award and the Nienke van Hichtum-prijs 2003. He became the first to be awarded these three awards for a single book. ''Winterijs'' tells the story of a ten year old living in Amsterdam in the winter of 1947 developing a friendship with a Jewish boy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Moeyaert
Bart Peter Boudewijn Moeyaert (born 9 June 1964) is a Belgian writer. Early life Moeyaert was born in 1964 in Bruges as the youngest of seven brothers. He is named after the character Bartje in the book series by Anne de Vries and after Baudouin of Belgium (Boudewijn). As is tradition in Belgium, King Baudouin of Belgium is his godfather as Moeyaert is the seventh son in an unbroken succession of sons. Career Writing Moeyaert made his debut in 1983 with the book ''Duet met valse noten''. Moeyaert received the Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen award for this book in 1984. In 1989, he published the book ''Suzanne Dantine'' which he considers to be his real debut with him transitioning from writer to author. Moeyaert later reworked the story into a new book '' Wespennest'' (1997). In 1992, he won the Boekenleeuw award for his book ''Kus me'' and in 1993 he won the Prijs van de Provincie Antwerpen and the Prijs van de Provincie West-Vlaande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wim Hofman
Wim Hofman ( Oostkapelle, February 2, 1941) is a Dutch author. After elementary school he joined the seminary in Sterksel, because he wanted to become a missionary. He started writing books early, and published his first novel, "Welwel, de zeer grote tovenaar & zes andere doldwaze verhalen over ridders, tovenaars, matrozen, krentenbollen, cowboys, indianen & over een planeet" in 1969. On February 2, 1970 he married Toke Mertens and moved to Vlissingen, where he still lives. He has two children. Wim Hofman also illustrates his own books, and paints. He won awards for a number of his books. Notable Books Wim Hofman wrote a large number of books. Some of the important ones are described here. A number of his books have been translated into German, but only one book ("Straf") was translated into English ("A Good Hiding"). His books contain many puns and twists. Koning Wikkepokluk de merkwaardige zoekt een rijk This book, published in 1974, took a long time to write. It describes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Quintana
Anton Quintana (6 September 1937 – 15 October 2017), pseudonym of Anton Adolf Kuyten, was a Dutch writer. Biography Early life Quintana was born in 1937 as the twin brother of André Kuyten. His brother was named by his mother and Quintana was named by his father after Anton Mussert and Adolf Hitler. His father abandoned his wife and children when Quintana was two years old to join the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands, Dutch national socialist party. Their mother died of tuberculosis when they were ten years old. The twins then moved to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Due to complications at birth, one side of Quintana's face was left disfigured which was only corrected when he was sixteen years of age. Differences with his brother, both in physical appearance and in popularity, and being abandoned by his father would translate into recurring themes in his work, such as rivalry and a search for identity. His brother André also went on to write books, poetry and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
