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Kathleen Vereecken

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Kathleen Vereecken
Born (1962-12-14) 14 December 1962 (age 61)
Ghent, Belgium
Notable awards

Kathleen Vereecken (born 14 December 1962) is a Belgian writer of novels, children's literature and non-fiction.

She has won several awards for her work, including the Boekenleeuw (2010 and 2019) and Woutertje Pieterse Prijs (2019).

Early life

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Vereecken was born in 1962 as one of four daughters.[1] She worked as a journalist for various women's magazines as well as the newspaper De Standaard.[1]

Career

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Vereecken published her first book Het raadsel in het fluisterbos in 1993, a story that she submitted to a children's literature competition.[1][2][3] Both her books Alle kleuren grijs (1997) and Kleine Cecilia (1999) were nominated for the Gouden Uil award.[2][3] Many of her books have a historic theme such as Lara & Rebecca (2006), which takes places on a nineteenth century plantation in Louisiana, and Ik denk dat het liefde was (2009) and Zijdeman (2013) which both take place in 18th century Paris.[1] Vereecken has also written various non-fiction books, such as Het broeikaseffect (2007) about global warming and Obama - De weg naar verandering (2009) about the life of Barack Obama.

In 2010, she won the Boekenleeuw for her book Ik denk dat het liefde was.[4] She also won the Kleine Cervantes, the children's literature award of the city of Ghent, for this book in 2011.[5]

In 2019, she won both the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs and the Boekenleeuw[6] together with illustrator Charlotte Peys for their book Alles komt goed, altijd, a story about a girl during World War I.[7][8]

Vereecken's books have been illustrated by various illustrators, including Anne Westerduin and Piet De Moor.[2]

Awards

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Publications

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  • 1993: Het raadsel in het fluisterbos
  • 1994: Gewoon vrienden
  • 1995: Morgen word ik heks
  • 1997: Alle kleuren grijs
  • 1999: Kleine Cecilia
  • 2001: Wreed schoon
  • 2002: Kunnen heksen heksen?
  • 2006: Lara & Rebecca
  • 2006: Kippenvel op je huid en vlinders in je buik
  • 2007: Het broeikaseffect
  • 2008: Minnaressen
  • 2009: Obama - De weg naar verandering
  • 2009: Ik denk dat het liefde was
  • 2011: Schaduwmoeder - Je kind afstaan voor adoptie
  • 2013: Zijdeman
  • 2014: Ik heet Jan en ik ben niets bijzonders (with Eva Mouton)
  • 2016: Haar
  • 2018: Alles komt goed, altijd

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Leven" (in Dutch). Kathleen Vereecken. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c van Coillie, Jan. "Kathleen Vereecken" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Biography" (in Dutch). Kathleen Vereecken. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Kathleen Vereecken wint Boekenleeuw voor beste jeugdboek" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 24 February 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b "De Kleine Cervantes" (in Dutch). Stad Gent. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Kathleen Vereecken wint Boekenleeuw voor beste jeugdboek".
  7. ^ a b "Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2019" (in Dutch). woutertjepieterseprijs.nl. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Boek 'Alles komt goed, altijd' wint Woutertje Pieterse Prijs" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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