Johanna Rutgera 'Joke' van Leeuwen (; born 24 September 1952) is a Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer.Joke van Leeuwen
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Life and career

Johanna Rutgera van Leeuwen was born on 24 September 1952 in The Hague, Netherlands. She studied at the

University of Brussels University of Brussels may refer to several institutions in Brussels, Belgium: Current institutions * Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), a French-speaking university established as a separate entity in 1970 *Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), a D ...

and has won various awards for her literature for children which sometimes uses a quest as a theme. Her awards includes the Dutch Youth literature award which is only given every three years.Joke van Leeuwen
Dutch Foundation for Literature, retrieved 28 June 2014 Many of her books have been translated into German by Mirjam Pressler and Hanni Ehlers.

Awards

;For oeuvre *

Theo Thijssen-prijs The Theo Thijssen-prijsSometimes spelled ''Theo Thijssenprijs''. ( Dutch for Theo Thijssen Prize) is a Dutch literary award awarded once every three years to a Dutch author of children's literature or young adult fiction. The award is not given ...

(2000) * Gouden Ganzenveer (2010) * Constantijn Huygens Prize (2012) ;For individual works *

Gouden Penseel 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 ...

(1980) for ''Een huis met zeven kamers'' *

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 Dutch Children's Books Week, by the Stichting Collectieve Prop ...

(1980) for ''Een huis met zeven kamers'' *

(1982) for ''De metro van Magnus'' * Gouden Griffel (1986) for ''Deesje'' * Zilveren Penseel (1986) for ''Deesje'' * Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (1988) for ''Deesje'' *

(1989) for ''We zijn allang begonnen, maar nu begint het echt'' *

(1993) for ''Niet wiet, wel nel'' *

C. Buddingh'-prijs The C. Buddingh'-prijs (Dutch for C. Buddingh' Prize) is an annual literary award for the best debut poetry collection in Dutch. The award is given by Poetry International Web, Poetry International and is named after Dutch poet C. Buddingh'. The ...

(1995) for ''Laatste lezers'' *

(1996) for ''Ik ben ik'' * Golden Owl (1997) for ''Iep!'' *

(1997) for ''Iep!'' *

(1999) for ''Kukel'' *

(2005) for ''Waarom een buitenboordmotor eenzaam is'' *

(2007) for ''Heb je mijn zusje gezien?'' *

(2007) for ''Heb je mijn zusje gezien?'' * Zilveren Penseel (2009) for ''Een halve hond heel denken'' * AKO Literatuurprijs (2013) for ''Feest van het begin'' *

(2016) for ''Mooi boek'' *

(2018) for ''Toen ik''

Bibliography

* (1978) ''De Appelmoesstraat is anders'' (The Apple Sauce Street Is Different) * (1979) ''Een huis met zeven kamers'' (A House With Seven Rooms) * (1981) ''De metro van Magnus'' (The Subway of Magnus) * (1983) ''Sus en Jum, 1, 2, 3'' (Sus and Jum, 1, 2, 3) * (1985) ''Deesje'' * (1985) ''Fien wil een flus'' (Fien wants a flus) * (1988) ''We zijn allang begonnen, maar nu begint het echt'' (We have already started, but now it really starts) * (1992) ''Niet Wiet, wel Nel'' (Not Wiet, but Nel) * (1994) ''Laatste lezers'' (Last readers) * (1995) ''Ik ben ik'' (I am me) * (1996) ''Iep!'' (Eep!) * (1998) ''Kukel'' * (2004) ''Waarom een buitenboordmotor eenzaam is'' (Why an outboard motor is lonely) * (2006) ''Heb je mijn zusje gezien?'' (Have you seen my sister) * (2008) ''Een halve hond heel denken'' (Thinking half a dog whole) * (2012) ''Feest van het begin'' (Feast of the beginning) * (2015) ''De onervarenen'' (The unexperienced) * (2015) ''Mooi boek'' (Beautiful book) * (2017) ''Toen ik'' (When I)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leeuwen, Joke Van 1952 births 20th-century Dutch novelists 20th-century Dutch women writers 21st-century Dutch novelists 21st-century Dutch women writers Constantijn Huygens Prize winners Dutch children's book illustrators Dutch children's writers Dutch illustrators Dutch women illustrators Dutch women children's writers Living people Writers from The Hague Dutch women novelists Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners C. Buddingh' Prize winners Gouden Griffel winners Gouden Penseel winners