Aline Sax (born 1984, Antwerp,

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

) is a Belgian author of children's and young adult literature. Ms. Sax has a master's degree and has received her Phd in History from the

University of Antwerp The University of Antwerp ( nl, Universiteit Antwerpen) is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is ''UA'', but ''UAntwerpen'' is more recently used. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 stu ...

. Besides being an author she also translates novels from English and German to Dutch. __TOC__

Biography

She has a PhD in history and currently works as an historian and novelist. She wrote her first book when she was fifteen, about two German child soldiers at the Normandy beaches in June 1944. All of her novels are

historical novels Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other t ...

, capturing a wide range of themes and historical periods. Her books are written in Dutch, but have been translated into German, Danish, Swedish, French, Korean, Arabic and English. She has been nominated for and won several

literary prizes A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...

. ''The War Within These Walls'' was published in the US in October 2013. It is a heavily illustrated novel that dramatically captures the brutal reality of the

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during

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. The story is about a young Jew's struggle to survive and his participation in the 1943 uprising. '' Kirkus Reviews called it an 'unrelenting, heart-rending insight into the hell that the

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created. Gripping, powerful, shattering'.'' The book is illustrated by Caryl Strzelecki and translated by

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. It was mentioned as one of the best books of 2013 by ''Kirkus Reviews'' and ''

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'' and won the

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and the Batchelder Honor Award of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sax, Aline 1984 births Belgian children's writers Belgian women children's writers 20th-century Belgian women writers Flemish women writers Writers from Antwerp Living people Date of birth missing (living people)