Bette Westera (born 20 June 1958) is a Dutch children's writer. She has won numerous awards for her work.

Career

Westera made her debut as children's book author in 1999 with the book ''Wil je met me trouwen?'' Westera went on to win numerous awards for her work, including the Gouden Griffel and the

Woutertje Pieterse Prijs The Woutertje Pieterse Prijs ( Dutch for Woutertje Pieterse Prize) is an annual Dutch literary award for the best children's book of the preceding year. History The award was first given in 1988. The award is awarded annually in March or ...

in 2015 for her poetry collection ''Doodgewoon'' (with illustrations by

Sylvia Weve Sylvia Weve (born 28 May 1954) is a Dutch illustrator. Weve has illustrated over 150 books and she has received numerous awards for her work, including the Gouden Penseel award, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs and the Max Velthuijs-prijs. Caree ...

). The previous time a poetry collection won the Gouden Griffel award was twenty years prior in 1995 ( Ted van Lieshout's ''Begin een torentje van niks''). She also won several

Zilveren 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 ...

awards as well as several Vlag en Wimpel awards over the years. Westera's books have been illustrated by many illustrators, including Annemarie van Haeringen, Barbara de Wolf,

Harmen van Straaten Harmen van Straaten (born 15 September 1958) is a Dutch author and illustrator. He has illustrated books by numerous Dutch and Belgian authors, including Carli Biessels, Bette Westera, Hilde Vandermeeren and Jaap ter Haar Jaap ter Haar (25 ...

, Yvonne Jagtenberg and

Awards

* 2001: Vlag en Wimpel, ''Een opa om nooit te vergeten'' * 2003: Vlag en Wimpel, ''Alle hens aan dek'' * 2006: Vlag en Wimpel, ''Oma´s rommelkamer'' * 2011:

, ''Ik leer je liedjes van verlangen, en aan je apenstaartje hangen'' * 2013: Vlag en Wimpel, ''Aan de kant, ik ben je oma niet!'' (with

) * 2013: Vlag en Wimpel, ''Dat zou ik nooit doen!'' (with

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and

) * 2014:

, ''Held op sokken'' * 2015:

, ''Doodgewoon'' (with

) * 2015: Gouden Griffel, ''Doodgewoon'' * 2015: Vlag en Wimpel, ''Kietel nooit een krokodil'' * 2016: Vlag en Wimpel, ''In een slootje ben ik een bootje'' * 2017:

, ''Baby'tje in mama's buik'' * 2018:

, ''Was de aarde vroeger plat?'' (with

) * 2018: Vlag en Wimpel, ''Dag poes!'' (with

Koos Meinderts Koos Meinderts (born 20 January 1953) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Career Meinderts made his debut in 1983 with the children's book ''Mooi meegenomen''. In 2016, he won the Boekenleeuw for his book ''De zee zien''. In 2017, he ...

Sjoerd Kuyper Sjoerd Kuyper (born 6 March 1952, Amsterdam) is a Dutch poetry and prose writer of adult, children's and youth books, theatre, TV series, film scripts and lyrics. His best-known works are the film ''Het zakmes'' (''The Pocket-knife''), the serie ...

, Hans Hagen and

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) * 2020:

, ''Uit elkaar'' (with

) * 2020: Boekenleeuw, ''Uit elkaar''

References

External links

Bette Westera
(in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature {{DEFAULTSORT:Westera, Bette 1958 births Living people 20th-century Dutch women writers 21st-century Dutch women writers Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners Gouden Griffel winners