Ingrid Godon (born 29 August 1958) is a
Flemish illustrator of children's literature.
Career
She won the
Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen in 1988 and in 1989 for respectively illustrating the books ''Pius en Pepijn'' and ''Niemand mag het weten'' written by
Gerda van Cleemput. She also won the award in 1988 for illustrating the book ''Mijn broer is een punker'' by
Maria Heylen
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
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In 2001, Godon and
André Sollie won the
Gouden Griffel award for their book ''Wachten op Matroos'' (2000).
She also won a
Vlag en Wimpel award for her illustrations in the book.
In Flanders the book was awarded the
Boekenpauw and
Boekenwelp awards.
The English translation of the book ''
Hello, Sailor'' was published in 2003. The book caused controversy in England as it was argued that its inclusion in school curricula effectively forced schools to include books with homosexual characters.
She also received a Boekenpauw award in 2015 for her illustrations in the book ''Ik denk'' written by
Toon Tellegen.
In 2009, she received a
Boekenpluim award for illustrating the book ''Morgen was het feest'', also written by Toon Tellegen.
Over the years Godon has illustrated over a hundred children's books for numerous authors.
Awards
* 1988:
Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, ''Mijn broer is een punker''
* 1988:
Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, ''Pius en Pepijn''
* 1989:
Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, ''Niemand mag het weten''
* 2001:
Boekenpauw, ''Wachten op Matroos''
* 2001:
Boekenwelp, ''Wachten op Matroos''
* 2001:
Vlag en Wimpel, ''Wachten op Matroos''
* 2001:
Gouden Griffel, ''Wachten op Matroos'' (with
André Sollie)
* 2009:
Boekenpluim, ''Morgen was het feest''
* 2015:
Boekenpauw, ''Ik denk''
References
External links
Ingrid Godon(in Dutch),
Digital Library for Dutch Literature
Ingrid Godon(in Dutch), jeugdliteratuur.org
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1958 births
Living people
Belgian illustrators
Belgian women illustrators
Boekenpauw winners
Belgian children's book illustrators
Gouden Griffel winners
20th-century Belgian women
21st-century Belgian women