Ingrid Godon (born 29 August 1958) is a

Flemish Flemish (''Vlaams'') is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language. It is sometimes referred to as Flemish Dutch (), Belgian Dutch ( ), or Southern Dutch (). Flemish is native to Flanders, a historical region in northern Belgium; ...

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. In 2001, Godon and

André Sollie André Sollie (born 7 July 1947) is a Belgian author and illustrator of children's literature. Career Sollie made his debut in children's poetry with ''Soms, dan heb ik flink de pest in'' in 1986. In 2000, Sollie and Ingrid Godon published ...

won 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 Boekenweek, Dutch Children's Books Week, by the Collectieve Prop ...

award for their book ''Wachten op Matroos'' (2000). She also won a

Vlag en Wimpel In the Netherlands, the award is an honourable mention awarded by either the jury of the Gouden Griffel and Zilveren Griffel awards (for Dutch-language children's literature) or the jury of the Gouden Penseel and Zilveren Penseel awards (for ...

award for her illustrations in the book. In Flanders the book was awarded the

Boekenpauw The Boekenpauw, also known as the Yvonne Gillé-Decoeneprijs, is a Flemish award for a Flemish or Dutch illustrator for the best illustrations in a children's book. History The Boekenpauw and Boekenpluim awards were established in 1989. T ...

and Boekenwelp awards. 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 Antonius Otto Hermannus (Toon) Tellegen (born 18 November 1941) is a Dutch writer, poet, and physician, known for children's books, especially those featuring anthropomorphised animals, particularly those about an ant and a squirrel. His writin ...

. 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.

Awards

* 1988: Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, ''Mijn broer is een punker'' * 1988: Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, ''Pius en Pepijn'' * 1989: Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, ''Niemand mag het weten'' * 2001:

, ''Wachten op Matroos'' * 2001: Boekenwelp, ''Wachten op Matroos'' * 2001:

, ''Wachten op Matroos'' * 2001:

, ''Wachten op Matroos'' (with

) * 2009: Boekenpluim, ''Morgen was het feest'' * 2015:

, ''Ik denk''

References

External links

Ingrid Godon
(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 ...

Ingrid Godon
(in Dutch), jeugdliteratuur.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Godon, Ingrid 1958 births Living people Belgian illustrators Belgian women illustrators Boekenpauw winners Belgian children's book illustrators Gouden Griffel winners 20th-century Belgian women 21st-century Belgian women