Leny or Lena Zwalve is a Dutch

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. She is the winner with

Evert Geradts Evert Geradts (born 9 June 1943, The Hague) is a Dutch cartoonist and former underground comics artist. He later became a prolific Disney comics writer and artist too. He is the winner with Leny Zwalve of the 1977 Stripschapprijs The Stripschapp ...

of the 1977

Stripschapprijs The Stripschapprijs is a Dutch prize awarded to comic creators for their entire body of work. It is awarded annually by the ''Stripschap'', the Dutch Society of comics fans, since 1974. The prize is non-pecuniary, but is considered the most import ...

. In the mid 1970s she moved to

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, where she and her husband Glenn Bray are publishers and maintain the estate and art of

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Living people Dutch cartoonists Dutch women cartoonists Dutch comics artists Dutch female comics artists Winners of the Stripschapsprijs Year of birth missing (living people) {{cartoonist-stub