Monika Van Paemel
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Monika, Baroness van Paemel (born 4 May 1945) is a
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writer. Born in Poesele, at age 14 she attended the ''Heilig Graf'' boarding school in
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, where she graduated in ''commercial sciences''. In 1963, she married Theo Butsen, whom she divorced some years later. Together they had two daughters, but one of them died aged seventeen. On 16 July 1993, she was knighted and became a
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Bibliography

* ''Amazone met het blauwe voorhoofd'' (1971) * ''De confrontatie'' (1974) * ''Marguerite'' (1976) * ''De vermaledijde vaders'' (1985) * ''De eerste steen'' (1988) * ''Het wedervaren'' (1993) * ''Rozen op ijs'' (1997) * ''Het verschil'' (2000) * ''Celestien, de gebenedijde moeders''(2004) * ''Te zot of te bot'' (2006) * ''De koningin van Sheba'' (2008) * ''Het gezin van Puynbroeckx'' (2008) * ''Weduwenspek'' (2013)


Awards

* 1972 - Prijs voor het beste literair debuut * 1973 - Literaire prijs voor letterkunde Oost-Vlaanderen * 1986 -
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prijs * 1986 - Prijs van de Vlaamse provincies


See also

*
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Monika van Paemel
* Willem M. Roggeman, ''Monika van Paemel'' In: Beroepsgeheim 6 (1992) {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Paemel, Monika 1945 births Flemish writers Belgian women writers Living people Flemish women writers