Gerda Dendooven (born 10 May 1962) is a Belgian illustrator. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Gouden Uil, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs and the Boekenpauw on several occasions.

Gerda Dendooven
Gerda Dendooven (2006)
Born (1962-05-10) 10 May 1962 (age 61)
Kortrijk, Belgium
Known forIllustration
Awards

Early life edit

Dendooven was born in 1962 in Marke, Belgium.[1] She studied Vrije Grafiek at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent.

Career edit

Children's literature edit

In 1987, she illustrated her first children's book Geen gezoen, vlug opendoen by Ed Franck.[1] Dendooven went on to illustrate many books by many different authors, including Herman Brusselmans, Toon Tellegen and Bart Moeyaert.[1] Other authors include Elvis Peeters, Michael De Cock and Wally De Doncker.[1]

In 1996, she was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.[1] Dendooven also won several awards for books that she wrote and illustrated herself, such as IJsjes (for which she won a Boekenpauw in 1990), Soepkinders (for which she won a Boekenpluim in 2006) and Hoe het varken aan zijn krulstaart kwam (for which she won both a Zilveren Griffel and Boekenpluim in 2010).[1]

She won the Vlag en Wimpel award in 1998 for illustrating the book Nietes welles and in 2015 for writing the book De wondertuin.[2][3]

In 2017, she won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for her book Stella, ster van de zee.[4][5] She was also nominated for this award in 2015 and 2016.[4]

Theatre edit

Dendooven has also written various texts for stage plays. In 2001, she participated in the play Bremen is niet ver in collaboration with Geert Hautekiet, Bart Moeyaert and Ianka Fleerackers.[1]

Personal life edit

Dendooven is in a relationship with typographist and designer Gert Dooreman and they have two daughters.[1]

Awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l van Collie, Jan. "Gerda Dendooven" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Vlag en Wimpel (van de Penseel- en Paletjury)" (in Dutch). Leesplein.nl. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Vlag en Wimpel (van de Griffeljury)" (in Dutch). Leesplein.nl. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2017" (in Dutch). woutertjepieterseprijs.nl. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b de Veen, Thomas (8 April 2017). "Woutertje Pieterse Prijs voor 'Stella'". NRC (in Dutch). nrc.nl. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

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