Bette Westera (born 20 June 1958) is a Dutch children's writer. She has won numerous awards for her work.

Career

Westera made her debut as children's book author in 1999 with the book ''Wil je met me trouwen?'' Westera went on to win numerous awards for her work, including the

Gouden Griffel The Gouden Griffel (Golden Stylus) is an award given to authors of children's or teenagers' literature in the Netherlands. History Since 1971, it is awarded each year during the Dutch Children's Books Week, by the Stichting Collectieve Prop ...

and the

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 ...

in 2015 for her poetry collection ''Doodgewoon'' (with illustrations by

Sylvia Weve Sylvia Weve (born 28 May 1954) is a Dutch illustrator. Weve has illustrated over 150 books and she has received numerous awards for her work, including the Gouden Penseel, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs and the Max Velthuijs-prijs. Career In ...

). The previous time a poetry collection won the Gouden Griffel award was twenty years prior in 1995 (

Ted van Lieshout Ted van Lieshout (born 21 December 1955) is a Dutch poet and writer of children's literature. He has won numerous awards for his work. Early life Van Lieshout was born in 1955 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Van Lieshout studied ''Beeldende Kunst ...

's ''Begin een torentje van niks''). She also won several

Zilveren Griffel The Gouden Griffel (Golden Stylus) is an award given to authors of children's or teenagers' literature in the Netherlands. History Since 1971, it is awarded each year during the Boekenweek, Dutch Children's Books Week, by the Collectieve Prop ...

awards as well as several

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 ...

awards over the years. Westera's books have been illustrated by many illustrators, including

Annemarie van Haeringen Annemarie van Haeringen (born 16 February 1959) is a Dutch illustrator. She won the Gouden Penseel award three times: in 1999, 2000 and 2005. She has illustrated books for numerous Dutch authors, including Tonke Dragt, Ted van Lieshout and B ...

, Barbara de Wolf,

Harmen van Straaten Harmen van Straaten (born 15 September 1958) is a Dutch author and illustrator. He has illustrated books by numerous Dutch and Belgian authors, including Carli Biessels, Bette Westera, Hilde Vandermeeren and Jaap ter Haar. In 2013, his book ...

Yvonne Jagtenberg Yvonne is a feminine given name, the female form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word ''iv'', meaning "yew" (or tree). Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupational na ...

and

Awards

* 2001:

, ''Een opa om nooit te vergeten'' * 2003:

, ''Alle hens aan dek'' * 2006:

, ''Oma´s rommelkamer'' * 2011:

, ''Ik leer je liedjes van verlangen, en aan je apenstaartje hangen'' * 2013:

, ''Aan de kant, ik ben je oma niet!'' (with

) * 2013:

, ''Dat zou ik nooit doen!'' (with

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and

) * 2014:

, ''Held op sokken'' * 2015:

, ''Doodgewoon'' (with

) * 2015:

, ''Doodgewoon'' * 2015:

, ''Kietel nooit een krokodil'' * 2016:

, ''In een slootje ben ik een bootje'' * 2017:

, ''Baby'tje in mama's buik'' * 2018:

, ''Was de aarde vroeger plat?'' (with

) * 2018:

, ''Dag poes!'' (with Koos Meinderts,

Sjoerd Kuyper Sjoerd Kuyper (born March 6, 1952, Amsterdam) is a Dutch poetry, poet and author known for his work in Literature, adult, Children's literature, children, and young adult literature as well as his work in theatre, Television show, television seri ...

, Hans Hagen and Monique Hagen) * 2020:

, ''Uit elkaar'' (with

) * 2020: Boekenleeuw, ''Uit elkaar'' * 2024:

Mildred L. Batchelder Award The Mildred L. Batchelder Award, or Batchelder Award, is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the publisher of the year's "most outstanding" children's book translated into English-language, English and published ...

honor, ''Later, When I’m Big'' (''Later als ik groot ben'')

References

External links

Bette Westera
(in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature {{DEFAULTSORT:Westera, Bette 1958 births Living people 20th-century Dutch women writers 21st-century Dutch women writers Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners Gouden Griffel winners