Mance Post (11 January 1925 – 2 December 2013) was a Dutch illustrator. She is known for illustrating many books written by various Dutch authors, in particular

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and

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Career

Post made her debut in 1946 as illustrator of the book ''Het boek van Thijs en Claartje'' written by J.A. Schreuder. Post won a

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 ...

award in 1980 for illustrating the book ''Ik woonde in een leunstoel'' by

and also in 1984 for illustrating the book ''Het geheim van Toet-Mu-Is III'' by Mansfield Kirby. Post illustrated many of Guus Kuijer's books, in particular his ''Madelief'' book series. Kuijer won two

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 ...

awards and one

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 ...

award for three books in the series. The series was later adapted to television (''Madelief'', 1994) and film (''

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'', 1998). In 1982 she won the

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis The (German Youth Literature Award) is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's and young adult literature. It is Germany's only ...

together with Guus Kuijer for the book ''Erzähl mir von Oma'', the German translation of ''Krassen in het tafelblad'' (1978). From 1985 onwards Post illustrated many of

's books for almost three decades. In 2006, at age 81, Post received the Zilveren Penseel award for her illustrations in Tellegen's book ''Midden in de nacht''. Post illustrated books by many other Dutch authors as well, including

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and

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. In 2020, some of her illustrations for Annie M. G. Schmidt's books appeared in an online exhibition by the Dutch Literature Museum. The exhibition was held to mark the 25th anniversary of Schmidt's death. Post was the first recipient of the prestigious

Max Velthuijs-prijs The Max Velthuijs-prijs (Dutch for Max Velthuijs Prize) is a Dutch award awarded once every three years to an illustrator of a children's book. The award is not given for a particular work, but for the entire oeuvre. The award is named after Dutc ...

for her entire oeuvre in 2007.

Death

Post died in December 2013.

Awards

* 1980:

, ''Ik woonde in een leunstoel'' * 1982:

, ''Erzähl mir von Oma'' (written by

) * 1984:

, ''Het geheim van Toet-Mu-Is III'' * 2006: Zilveren Penseel, ''Middenin de nacht'' * 2007:

, entire oeuvre

References

External links

Mance Post
(in Dutch),

Digital Library for Dutch Literature The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, second ...

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