Marie-Thérèse Schins (born 21 August 1943) is a German-Dutch journalist, painter and writer.

Life and work

Schins was born in

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. She trained there as a children's librarian and headed the Central Children's Library in

Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...

. She also worked in children and youth libraries in

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. Schins has been a freelance author, journalist and painter in

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since 1974, working as a professor for creative writing in the Aesthetics and Communication course at the

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences The Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (German: Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg) is a higher education and applied research institution located in Hamburg, Germany. Formerly known as ''Fachhochschule Hamburg,'' the ''Hamburg ...

. She has translated children's literature from Dutch. Schins is co-founder of the Institute for Mourning Work at the Evangelical Hamburg Academy. For several years she has been building a network for disadvantaged children in India.

Selected publications

* ''Ich bleibe in Ghana! Amas Reise'', 2018 * ''Alte Menschen sind von ganz früher'', 2018 * ''Schau mal über den Tellerrand: Afrika!'', 2018 * ''Wie geht es dir, so weit von hier?'', 2019 * ''Greetjes gesammelte Geheimnisse'', 2020

References

External links

* * 1943 births Living people Writers from Hamburg Dutch journalists German journalists 20th-century Dutch writers 20th-century German writers Academic staff of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences {{Netherlands-artist-stub