GIJSBRECHT

GIJSBRECHT
year:

1998

genre:

historical novel (in free verse), 122 p.

publisher:

Querido, Amsterdam

illustrator:

Hanneke van der Hoeven

age:

12+
awards:
Gouden Zoen 1999 (Golden Kiss Award, best book for youth)

This historical novel, written in free verse, was heavily inspired by one of the most well-known classical Dutch plays, Gysbreght van Aemstel (1637), by playwright Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), and is exuberantly illustrated by Hanneke van der Hoeven.

- GIJSBRECHT got an honorary mention at the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 1999.
- The Dutch Translation Fund made a special on this book in English - here.

ALMOST ALL THE KEYS

BIJNA ALLE SLEUTELS (ALMOST ALL THE KEYS)
year:

1998

genre:

poetry, 36 p.

publisher:

Querido, Amsterdam

illustrator:

Sylvia Weve

age:

12+

My second poetry volume, maybe a bit more coherent. Mostly about growing up, about growing pains. The poems are in most cases a bit longer, a bit more rhythmical as well.

- The book got an honorary mention at the 1999 Woutertje Pieterse Prijs. 

CATCH ME

BETRAP ME (CATCH ME)

year:

1996

genre:

poetry, 40 p.

publisher:

Querido, Amsterdam

illustrator:

Hanneke van der Hoeven

age:

10+

My first book, which was also my first collection of poetry. Poems that I had gathered in the previous years, often about school, sometimes about animals.