André Sollie

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André Sollie
Born (1947-07-07) 7 July 1947 (age 74)
Mechelen, Belgium
OccupationWriter, illustrator
Notable awards

André Sollie (born 7 July 1947) is a Flemish author and illustrator of children's literature.

Career[]

Sollie made his debut in children's poetry with Soms, dan heb ik flink de pest in in 1986.[1]

In 2000, Sollie and Ingrid Godon published the children's book Wachten op Matroos. They both won the Gouden Griffel award a year later for this book.[1] The English translation of the book Hello, Sailor was published in 2003. The book is about a lighthouse keeper called Matt and his friend, Sailor, whom he deeply misses. The book caused controversy in England as it was argued that its inclusion in school curricula effectively forced schools to include books with homosexual characters.[2]

In 2004, he published Dubbel Doortje which was the first book that he both wrote and illustrated himself.[1] He won the award for his illustrations in this book.[1]

His 2005 novel for adolescents Nooit gaat dit over was turned into the 2011 feature film North Sea Texas (Noordzee, Texas) by .

Sollie won the Boekenpauw award twice for his illustrations: in 1998 for the book De brief die Rosie vond written by Bart Moeyaert and in 2010 for the book De Zomerzot which he wrote himself.[1][3]

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h van Coillie, Jan. "André Sollie" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ M. Brettingham, "New storm brews over gay books", The Times Educational Supplement, p. 6, 20 October 2006
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Staal, Jos. "Boekenpauw en Boekenpluim" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Kinder- en Jeugdjury Vlaanderen - Bekroningen (1982 - 2017)" (PDF) (in Dutch). Kinder- en Jeugdjury Vlaanderen. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

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