Annet Schaap (born 27 February 1965,

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) is a Dutch illustrator and writer of

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Biography

Schaap studied at an art school in Kampen ( Christelijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten) and later at the

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in The Hague. One of her teachers was Peter van Hugten. Between 1995 and 1999 she studied at a writers' school in Amsterdam. In 1988, she illustrated her first children's book, ''Joppe, Julia en Jericho'' by Austrian writer

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. Schaap went on to illustrate numerous books for numerous authors, including Francine Oomen,

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, Mieke van Hooft,

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and Janneke Schotveld. Other authors include Liesbeth van der Jagt,

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and

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. Her illustrations have also been published in children's magazines, such as '' Okki'' and '' Taptoe''. In 2017, she made her debut as author with the book ''Lampje''. For this book she won 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 ...

, the

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and the

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. Schaap is the first author to win the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs with a debut novel. She became the second author to win these three awards for her book,

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being the first with his book ''Winterijs'' in 2001. In 2018, Schaap also won the

Boekenleeuw The Boekenleeuw is a Flemish literary award for the best book in children's literature by a Flemish author. History The ''Referendumprijs voor Vlaamse kinder- en jeugdboeken'' award was established in 1962. In 1986 this award was replaced b ...

award for ''Lampje''. The book has been translated by

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into English as ''Lampie and the Children of the Sea''. In 2020, the book was nominated for the Carnegie Medal award. This was the first time a translated book was nominated for the award.

Awards

* 2017:

, ''Lampje'' * 2018:

, ''Lampje''

References

External links

Annet Schaap
(in Dutch),

Digital Library for Dutch Literature The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, second ...

Annet Schaap
(in Dutch), RKD - Nederlands Instituur voor Kunstgeschiedenis

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