Johanna Rutgera 'Joke' van Leeuwen (; born 24 September 1952) is a Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer.Joke van Leeuwen
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Life and career

Johanna Rutgera van Leeuwen was born on 24 September 1952 in

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. She studied at the University of Brussels and has won various awards for her literature for children which sometimes uses a quest as a theme. Her awards includes the Dutch Youth literature award which is only given every three years.Joke van Leeuwen
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Awards

;For oeuvre *

Theo Thijssen-prijs The Theo Thijssen-prijsSometimes spelled ''Theo Thijssenprijs''. (Dutch for Theo Thijssen Prize) is a Dutch literary award awarded once every three years to a Dutch author of children's literature or young adult fiction. The award is not given f ...

(2000) *

Gouden Ganzenveer The Gouden Ganzenveer ("Golden goose quill") is a Dutch cultural award initiated in 1955, given annually to a person or organization of great significance to the written and printed word. Recipients are selected by an academy of people from the cul ...

(2010) *

Constantijn Huygens Prize The Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch: ''Constantijn Huygens-prijs'') is a Dutch literary award.Gouden Penseel (1980) for ''Een huis met zeven kamers'' * Zilveren Griffel (1980) for ''Een huis met zeven kamers'' * Zilveren Griffel (1982) for ''De metro van Magnus'' *

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 ...

(1986) for ''Deesje'' *

Zilveren Penseel 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 ...

(1986) for ''Deesje'' *

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis The (German Youth Literature Award) is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's and young adult literature. It is Germany's only ...

(1988) for ''Deesje'' * Zilveren Griffel (1989) for ''We zijn allang begonnen, maar nu begint het echt'' * Zilveren Griffel (1993) for ''Niet wiet, wel nel'' * C. Buddingh'-prijs (1995) for ''Laatste lezers'' * Zilveren Griffel (1996) for ''Ik ben ik'' *

Golden Owl The Golden Book-Owl (De Gouden Boekenuil) is a Belgium, Belgian prize for original Dutch language literature. Originally it was named Golden Owl (De Gouden Uil). It has been awarded annually since 1995. Development It has changed categories severa ...

(1997) for ''Iep!'' * Zilveren Griffel (1997) for ''Iep!'' * Zilveren Griffel (1999) for ''Kukel'' * Zilveren Griffel (2005) for ''Waarom een buitenboordmotor eenzaam is'' * Gouden Penseel (2007) for ''Heb je mijn zusje gezien?'' * Zilveren Griffel (2007) for ''Heb je mijn zusje gezien?'' *

(2009) for ''Een halve hond heel denken'' *

AKO Literatuurprijs The Bookspot Literatuurprijs (previously ECI Literatuurprijs, AKO Literatuurprijs and Generale Bank Literatuurprijs) is a prize for literature in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is awarded to authors writing in Dutch and amounts to 50,000. The ce ...

(2013) for ''Feest van het begin'' * Zilveren Griffel (2016) for ''Mooi boek'' * Zilveren Griffel (2018) for ''Toen ik''

Bibliography

* (1978) ''De Appelmoesstraat is anders'' (The Apple Sauce Street Is Different) * (1979) ''Een huis met zeven kamers'' (A House With Seven Rooms) * (1981) ''De metro van Magnus'' (The Subway of Magnus) * (1983) ''Sus en Jum, 1, 2, 3'' (Sus and Jum, 1, 2, 3) * (1985) ''Deesje'' * (1985) ''Fien wil een flus'' (Fien wants a flus) * (1988) ''We zijn allang begonnen, maar nu begint het echt'' (We have already started, but now it really starts) * (1992) ''Niet Wiet, wel Nel'' (Not Wiet, but Nel) * (1994) ''Laatste lezers'' (Last readers) * (1995) ''Ik ben ik'' (I am me) * (1996) ''Iep!'' (Eep!) * (1998) ''Kukel'' * (2004) ''Waarom een buitenboordmotor eenzaam is'' (Why an outboard motor is lonely) * (2006) ''Heb je mijn zusje gezien?'' (Have you seen my sister) * (2008) ''Een halve hond heel denken'' (Thinking half a dog whole) * (2012) ''Feest van het begin'' (Feast of the beginning) * (2015) ''De onervarenen'' (The unexperienced) * (2015) ''Mooi boek'' (Beautiful book) * (2017) ''Toen ik'' (When I)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leeuwen, Joke Van 1952 births 20th-century Dutch novelists 20th-century Dutch women writers 21st-century Dutch novelists 21st-century Dutch women writers Constantijn Huygens Prize winners Dutch children's book illustrators Dutch children's writers Dutch illustrators Dutch women illustrators Dutch women children's writers Living people Writers from The Hague Dutch women novelists Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners C. Buddingh' Prize winners Gouden Griffel winners Gouden Penseel winners