Anna Woltz (born 29 December 1981) is a Dutch writer of children's literature.

Early life

Woltz was born in 1981 in London, United Kingdom. Her father is Wout Woltz who was the editor-in-chief of ''

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'' between 1983 and 1989.

Career

In 2006, Woltz co-authored the book ''Post uit de oorlog'' with her father based on his experiences during World War II. In 2015, Woltz received the

Nienke van Hichtum-prijs The Nienke van Hichtum-prijs (Dutch for Nienke van Hichtum Prize) is a biennial Dutch literary award for children's literature awarded by the Jan Campert-Stichting. The award is named after children's author Nienke van Hichtum and was first awar ...

for her children's book ''Honderd uur nacht'' (2014), a story inspired by Woltz's time in

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when

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struck the city. A year later, Woltz received the

Gouden Griffel The Gouden Griffel (Golden Stylus) is an award given to authors of children's or teenagers' literature in the Netherlands. History Since 1971, it is awarded each year during the Dutch Children's Books Week, by the Stichting Collectieve Prop ...

award for her book ''Gips'' (2015). Woltz also received the

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award in 2016 for ''Gips'' and in 2017 she received the same award for her book ''Alaska''. Her book ''Mijn bijzonder rare week met Tess'' (2013) was awarded the

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and adapted to film by Steven Wouterlood. The film adaptation, internationally titled '' My Extraordinary Summer with Tess'', won the ''Grand Prize Feature Film Award'' at the

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in 2019. The film also won awards at the

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and the KinoKino International Film Festival. In July 2019, it was shortlisted as one of the nine films in contention to be the Dutch entry for the

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at the

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but it was not selected. In 2022, her book ''De tunnel'' was nominated for the Flemish literary award ''Boon'' in the category children's literature. Woltz was also the author of ''Haaientanden'', the Kinderboekenweekgeschenk published during the

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of 2019.

Personal life

She studied history in

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, Netherlands.

Awards

* 2012:

, ''Ik kan nog steeds niet vliegen'' * 2015:

, ''Honderd uur nacht'' * 2016:

, ''Gips'' * 2016:

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, ''Honderd uur nacht'' * 2017:

, ''Alaska''

References

External links

*
Anna Woltz
(in Dutch),

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