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 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, the

Woutertje Pieterse Prijs The Woutertje Pieterse Prijs ( Dutch for Woutertje Pieterse Prize) is an annual Dutch literary award for the best children's book of the preceding year. History The award was first given in 1988. The award is awarded annually in March or ...

and the

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 ...

Career

In 1983, Weve made her debut as children's book illustrator by illustrating the book ''Een noom op school'' written by

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. Early in her career, Weve illustrated many books by

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. Weve went on to illustrate many books by numerous authors including

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, Veronica Hazelhoff, Ted van Lieshout,

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. In 2006, she published ''Kip en ei'', a book which she both wrote and illustrated herself. Later in her career she started collaborating with Bette Westera and they both won various awards for their work, including the

in 2015. They also won this award in 2020 for their book ''Uit elkaar''. In 2019, she won the prestigious

for her entire oeuvre. Weve also created illustrations for children's magazines including '' Okki'', '' Taptoe'', ''

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'', '' Ezelsoor'' and ''St. Kitts van de Bovenwindse''. Weve's work can also be found in magazines and newspapers such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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Awards

* 1983:

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 ...

, ''Wie verliefd is gaat voor'' (written by

) * 1984: Zilveren Penseel, ''Oma, waar blijft de taart?'' (written by Veronica Hazelhoff) * 1990:

, ''Lastige portretten'' (written by

) * 1991: Zilveren Penseel, ''Het bad van de zandloper'' (written by

) * 1998:

, ''Magische tekens'' * 2007:

, ''Kip en ei'' * 2013:

, ''Aan de kant, ik ben je oma niet!'' (written by Bette Westera) * 2013:

, ''Dat zou ik nooit doen!'' (written by Bette Westera and

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) * 2015:

, '' Doodgewoon'' (with Bette Westera) * 2015:

, ''Doodgewoon'' (with Bette Westera) * 2019:

, entire oeuvre * 2020:

, ''Uit elkaar'' (with Bette Westera)

References

External links

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Sylvia Weve
(in Dutch),

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(in Dutch), jeugdliteratuur.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Weve, Sylvia 1954 births Living people Dutch children's book illustrators Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners Max Velthuijs Prize winners Dutch women illustrators Dutch illustrators Gouden Penseel winners