GIJSBRECHTyear:
1998
genre:
historical novel (in free verse), 122 p.
publisher:
illustrator:
Hanneke van der Hoeven
age:
12+
awards:
Gouden Zoen 1999 (Golden Kiss Award, best book for youth)
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.
