Martha Heesen (born 6 May 1948) is a Dutch writer.

Career

In 2004, she won the

Golden Book-Owl The Golden Book-Owl (De Gouden Boekenuil) is a 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 several times d ...

for her book ''Toen Faas niet thuiskwam''. In 2007, she received the

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 the book ''Wolf''. In 2015, she won the

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 ...

Awards

* 2000: Zilveren Griffel, ''De vloek van Cornelia'' * 2001: Zilveren Griffel, ''Mijn zusje is een monster'' * 2002: Zilveren Griffel, '' Stekels '' * 2004:

, ''Toen Faas niet thuiskwam'' * 2007:

, ''Wolf'' * 2015:

References

External links

Martha Heesen

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 ...

1948 births Living people 20th-century Dutch women writers 21st-century Dutch women writers Dutch children's writers Dutch women children's writers People from Oisterwijk {{netherlands-writer-stub