Kathleen Vereecken
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Born | Ghent, Belgium | 14 December 1962
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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[]
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[]
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 , 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 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 and .[2]
Awards[]
- 2010: Boekenleeuw, Ik denk dat het liefde was[1][4]
- 2011: , Ik denk dat het liefde was[5]
- 2019: Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, Alles komt goed, altijd (with )[7][8]
- 2019: Boekenleeuw, Alles komt goed, altijd (with )[6]
Publications[]
- 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 )
- 2016: Haar
- 2018: Alles komt goed, altijd
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Leven" (in Dutch). Kathleen Vereecken. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Biography" (in Dutch). Kathleen Vereecken. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "De Kleine Cervantes" (in Dutch). Stad Gent. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Kathleen Vereecken wint Boekenleeuw voor beste jeugdboek".
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2019" (in Dutch). woutertjepieterseprijs.nl. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
External links[]
- Official website
- Kathleen Vereecken (in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature
- Kathleen Vereecken, flandersliterature.be
- Kathleen Vereecken (in Dutch), jeugdliteratuur.org
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Flemish women writers
- Belgian children's writers
- Belgian women children's writers
- 20th-century Belgian women writers
- 21st-century Belgian women writers
- Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners
- Boekenleeuw winners