Margriet Heymans (born 29 October 1932) is a Dutch writer and illustrator of

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

. Heymans wrote and illustrated various books in collaboration with her sister Annemie Heymans, including ''Het poppenfeest'' (1971), ''De gele draad'' (1982), ''Adam Wortel krijgt bezoek'' (1986) and ''De prinses van de moestuin'' (1991).

Early life

Heymans was born in 1932 in

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, Netherlands. After attending a gymnasium Heymans studied for two years at the ''School voor Kunst en Kunstnijverheid'' in 's-Hertogenbosch. She then moved to Amsterdam to study at the

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Career

Heymans first published in 1958 in children's magazine ''Kris Kras''. Heymans has illustrated various books written by Dutch authors, including ''Annetje Lie in het holst van de nacht'' by

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and ''Ik was de zee'' by

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. Heymans received the Gouden Penseel award for her illustrations in ''Annetje Lie in het holst van de nacht'' and Heymans stated in 2013 that she considers this book to be the most beautiful story by another author that she has ever illustrated. Dros received a

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award and the very first

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 A ...

for this book. She lectured in illustration at the ''Koninklijke Academie voor Kunst en Vormgeving'' from 1972 till 1993. Her collaborations with her sister Annemie have been exhibited in Paris in 1981 and in Voorhout in 1984. In 2018, Heymans donated her original illustrations to the Dutch Museum of Literature in The Hague. In 2020, some of her illustrations for Annie M. G. Schmidt's books appeared in an online exhibition by the same museum. The exhibition was held to mark the 25th anniversary of Schmidt's death. Heymans married twice and has five children.

Publications

* ''Het poppenfeest'' (1971) * ''Hollidee de circuspony'' (1972) * ''Kattekwaad en popperommel'' (1975) * ''De gele draad'' (1982) * ''Ik ben Jantje en ik kan al lezen'' (1982) * ''Mijn muis wil een boek'' (1982) * ''Moe vist een bel op'' (1982) * ''Wie ziek is, wil geen kaas'' (1982) * ''Jipsloop'' (1984) * ''Adam Wortel krijgt bezoek'' (1986) * ''Lieveling, boterbloem'' (1988) * ''Ik wil naar huis!'' (1989) * ''Wie heeft er mijn broertje gezien?'' (1990) * ''De prinses van de moestuin'' (1991) * ''Goede raad kan geen kwaad'' (1992) * ''Riet op de mat'' (1992) * ''De wezen van woesteland'' (1997) * ''Dora, of De tante van de trollen'' (1999)

Awards

Heymans has received numerous awards for her work: * Gouden Penseel (1973, for ''Hollidee de circuspony'') *

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 ...

(1985, for ''Jipsloop'') * Gouden Penseel (1988, for ''Annetje Lie in het holst van de nacht'' written by

) *

(1989, for ''Lieveling, boterbloem'') *

(1989, for ''Lieveling, boterbloem'') * Zilveren Griffel (1992, for ''De prinses van de moestuin'') *

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 ...

(1993, for ''De prinses van de moestuin'') * Gouden Penseel (1998, for ''De wezen van Woesteland'') * Nienke van Hichtum-prijs (2007, for ''Diep in het bos van Nergena'')

References

External links

Margriet Heymans

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 ...

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