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Aimée de Jongh (born 1988) is a Dutch cartoonist, animator, and illustrator who publishes in Dutch and English. Her books have received the 
Aimée de Jongh (born 1988) is a Dutch cartoonist, animator, and illustrator who publishes in Dutch and English. Her books have received the Prix Saint-Michel
The Prix Saint-Michel is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels, with a focus on Franco-Belgian comics. They were first awarded in 1971, and although often said to be the oldest European comics awards, they are actually the sec ...
, the Atomium Comic Strip Prizes and the International Manga Award
Tarō Asō, the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan
is an annual award established to encourage non-Japanese manga artists in 2007. This award was created by Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Asō, who proposed this award in a policy speech he gave in ...
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Biography
De Jongh was born inWaalwijk
Waalwijk () is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It had a population of in and is located near the motorways A59 and N261. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve-Capelle, Sprang (the former municipality of Sprang-Capelle) and W ...
, southern Netherlands. She studied animation at Rotterdam's Willem de Kooning Academy
The Willem de Kooning Academy ( nl, Willem de Kooning Academie) is a Dutch academy of media, art, design, leisure and education based in Rotterdam. It was named after one of its most famous alumni, Dutch fine artist Willem de Kooning.
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She began publishing small-press comics in 2004, and two years later published her first book, ''Aimée TV'', an adaptation of her webcomic. She is the author of the books ''TAXI! verhalen vanaf de achterbank/TAXI! stories from the back seat'' and ''De Terugkeer van de Wespendief/The Return of the Honey Buzzard''. With Belgian cartoonist Zidrou she coauthored ''Obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments''/''Blossoms in Autumn''.
De Jongh has produced comic strips including ''Reborn'' and ''Snippers''. She has also created animated films including ''Aurora''.
In 2017 she travelled to refugee camps in Lesbos, Greece with cartoonists Judith Vanistendael and Mei-Li Nieuwland. This resulted in de Jongh's work of graphic journalism, "De wachtkamer van Europa"/"Europe's waiting room".
She lives in Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
, where in 2018 she created artwork for the cube house
Cube houses ( nl, kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Helmond and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space o ...
hostel StayOkay.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:de Jongh, Aimee 1988 births Living people Dutch cartoonists Willem de Kooning Academy alumni International Manga Award winners Dutch women cartoonists People from Waalwijk Dutch webcomic creators Dutch animated film directors Artists from Rotterdam