Carli Biessels Explained

Carli Biessels
Birth Date:1936
Birth Place:Nijmegen, Netherlands
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Nijmegen, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Occupation:Writer
Genre:Children's literature
Children:4[2]
Awards:

    Carli Biessels (1936 – 16 September 2016) was a Dutch writer of children's literature.

    Biography

    Biessels was born and died in Nijmegen, where she studied pedagogy.[2] Biessels worked in the field of children psychiatry and orthopedagogy.[2]

    Before writing books for children Biessels wrote various stories for children's magazines Okki and Taptoe.[2] Biessels made her debut as an author at 62 years of age with her book Twee druppels water (1998).[3] [4] The book was on the Longlist for the Gouden Uil award in 1999.[4]

    In 2010, she won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for her book Juwelen van stras.[5] [4] [6] [7] She also received the Vlag en Wimpel award in 2001 for her book De feestrede and in 2007 for her book Irah en de dieren.[5] [4] Her last book Ik moet je iets belangrijks vertellen (2016) was published posthumously.[1]

    Her books have been illustrated by various illustrators, including Martijn van der Linden, Harmen van Straaten and Marije Tolman.[1] Other illustrators include Patsy Backx, Marjolein Hund and Wolf Erlbruch. Her book Anton en het kamelenkleed (1999) was illustrated by one of her daughters.[2]

    Hanni Ehlers and Mirjam Pressler have translated some of her books to German.

    Biessels married and had four children.[2]

    Awards

    Publications

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Carli Biessels overleden. 22 September 2016. leopold.nl. 9 February 2019. 9 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209175413/https://www.leopold.nl/nieuws/carli-biessels-overleden/. Dutch. live.
    2. Web site: Biografie Carli Biessels. woutertjepieterseprijs.nl. 9 February 2019. 9 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209181759/http://www.woutertjepieterseprijs.nl/WPP/2010/bio_biessels.asp.html. Dutch. live.
    3. Web site: Woutertje Pieterse Prijs-winnares Carli Biessels overleden. jaapleest.nl. 10 February 2019. 10 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190210024741/https://www.jaapleest.nl/woutertje-pieterse-prijs-winnares-carli-biessels-overleden/. Dutch. live.
    4. Web site: Carli Biessels (1936 - 2016). 23 September 2016. letterenfonds.nl. 9 February 2019. 9 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180016/http://www.letterenfonds.nl/nl/entry/1439/carli-biessels-1936-2016. Dutch. live.
    5. Web site: Carli Biessels. jeugdliteratuur.org. 9 February 2019. 9 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209174909/http://jeugdliteratuur.org/auteurs/carli-biessels. Dutch. live.
    6. Web site: Woutertje Pieterse Prijs voor Carli Biessels. nrc.nl. 9 February 2019. 9 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209201131/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2010/03/05/woutertje-pieterse-prijs-voor-carli-biessels-11859502-a715695. 5 March 2010. Dutch. live.
    7. Web site: Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2010. woutertjepieterseprijs.nl. 16 January 2019. 16 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190116231706/https://woutertjepieterseprijs.nl/deelnemers/woutertje-pieterse-prijs-2010-voor-carli-biessels/. Dutch.

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