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

Life and work

Schins was born in

Venlo Venlo () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), ...

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

Nijmegen Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...

. She also worked in children and youth libraries in

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

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

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

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

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* * 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