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Joke van Leeuwen

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Joke van Leeuwen
Joke van Leeuwen (2008)
Born
Johanna Rutgera van Leeuwen

(1952-09-24) 24 September 1952 (age 72)
The Hague, Netherlands
OccupationAuthor
Years active1992–present
Websitewww.jokevanleeuwen.com

Johanna Rutgera "Joke" van Leeuwen (Dutch pronunciation: [joːˈɦɑnaː rʏtˈxeːraː ˈjoːkə vɑn ˈleːu.ə(n)]; born 24 September 1952) is a Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer.[1]

Life and career

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Johanna Rutgera van Leeuwen was born on 24 September 1952 in The Hague, Netherlands. She studied at the University of Brussels 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.[2]

Many of her books have been translated into German by Mirjam Pressler and Hanni Ehlers.

Awards

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For oeuvre
For individual works

Bibliography

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  • (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)

References

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  1. ^ Joke van Leeuwen Archived 9 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine, luxmagazine.nl, retrieved 28 June 2014
  2. ^ Joke van Leeuwen, Dutch Foundation for Literature, retrieved 28 June 2014
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