Ingrid Godon Explained

Ingrid Godon
Birth Date:1958 8, df=y
Birth Place:Wilrijk, Belgium
Field:Illustration
Awards:

    Ingrid Godon (born 29 August 1958) is a Flemish illustrator of children's literature.

    Career

    She won the Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen in 1988 and in 1989 for respectively illustrating the books Pius en Pepijn and Niemand mag het weten written by Gerda van Cleemput. She also won the award in 1988 for illustrating the book Mijn broer is een punker by Maria Heylen.[1]

    In 2001, Godon and André Sollie won the Gouden Griffel award for their book Wachten op Matroos (2000).[2] She also won a Vlag en Wimpel award for her illustrations in the book.[2] In Flanders the book was awarded the Boekenpauw and Boekenwelp awards.[2] [3] [4] The English translation of the book Hello, Sailor was published in 2003. 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.

    She also received a Boekenpauw award in 2015 for her illustrations in the book Ik denk written by Toon Tellegen.[4] In 2009, she received a Boekenpluim award for illustrating the book Morgen was het feest, also written by Toon Tellegen.

    Over the years Godon has illustrated over a hundred children's books for numerous authors.[2]

    Awards

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Kinder- en Jeugdjury Vlaanderen - Bekroningen (1982 - 2017). Kinder- en Jeugdjury Vlaanderen. 7 May 2019. 7 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190507162637/https://www.kjv.be/home/_docs/Bekroningen1982-2017d.pdf. Dutch.
    2. Web site: Ingrid Godon. Annemarie. Terhell. Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. 7 May 2019. 7 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190507143158/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/coil001lexi01_01/lvdj00356.php. Dutch.
    3. Web site: Boekenpauw en Boekenpluim. Jos. Staal. Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. 7 May 2019. 6 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190506235540/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/coil001lexi01_01/lvdj00121.php. Dutch.
    4. Web site: De Cock en Godon winnen Boekenleeuw en Boekenpauw 2015. 30 March 2015. Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren. 7 May 2019. 7 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190507152555/http://www.vfl.be/nl/press/842/de-cock-en-godon-winnen-boekenleeuw-en-boekenpauw-2015.html. Dutch.

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