Gerda Dendooven
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
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- Name
- Gerda Dendooven
- Born
- 10 May 1962
- Birthplace
- Kortrijk, Belgium
- Field
- Illustration
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- illustrator · actress · scenographer · theatre director · dramaturge · performing artist · videographer · creator
- Fields
- young adult literature · illustration
- Education
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent
- Honours
- Zilveren Griffel · Woutertje Pieterse prize · Golden Owl · Silver Brush · Boekenpauw
- Languages
- Dutch
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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.
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Gerda Dendooven (born 1962) is an actress, creator and dramaturge, among other activities, of Belgian nationality. The actress was born in Marke.
Gerda Dendooven was educated at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent. The actress worked in Ghent. Activity centred on illustration and young adult literature.
Languages used include Dutch. Honours include Boekenpauw, Golden Owl and Silver Brush, among others.
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Biography
Gerda Dendooven studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent. The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is young adult literature and illustration. Places of work recorded in the authority are Ghent. Distinctions recorded are Zilveren Griffel, Woutertje Pieterse prize, Golden Owl and Silver Brush.
Gerda Dendooven, Belgisch beeldend kunstenaar en illustrator.
Michiel Hendryckx
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Gerda Dendooven • Born — 10 May 1962 • Birthplace — Kortrijk, Belgium • Field — Illustration
Early life
Early life
Dendooven was born in 1962 in Marke, Belgium. She studied Vrije Grafiek at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent.
Theatre
Theatre
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.
Personal life
Personal life
Dendooven is in a relationship with typographist and designer Gert Dooreman and they have two daughters.
Awards
• 1990: Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, Met de kont tegen de krib • 1990: Boekenpauw, IJsjes • 1992: Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, De meester is een schat • 1995: Boekenpauw, Strikjes in de Struiken • 1995: Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury voor het boek in Vlaanderen, Prins Pukkel • 1998: Vlag en Wimpel, Nietes welles • 2000: Zilveren Penseel, De verliefde prins • 2000: Boekenpluim, De verliefde prins • 2001: Gouden Uil, Luna van de boom (with Bart Moeyaert and Filip Bral) • 2002: Boekenpauw, Meneer Papier gaat uit wandelen • 2004: Vlag en Wimpel, Meneer Papier is verscheurd • 2004: Prijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor Jeugdliteratuur, Mijn mama • 2006: Boekenpluim, Soepkinders • 2007: Boekenpauw, Het verhaal van Slimme Krol. En hoe hij aan de dood ontsnapte • 2010: Zilveren Griffel, Hoe het varken aan zijn krulstaart kwam • 2010: Boekenpluim, Hoe het varken aan zijn krulstaart kwam • 2013: Zilveren Palet, Takkenkind • 2013: Boekenwelp, Takkenkind • 2015: Vlag en Wimpel, De wondertuin • 2017: Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, Stella, ster van de zee
Children's literature
In 1987, she illustrated her first children's book Geen gezoen, vlug opendoen by Ed Franck. Dendooven went on to illustrate many books by many different authors, including Herman Brusselmans, Toon Tellegen and Bart Moeyaert. Other authors include Elvis Peeters, Michael De Cock and Wally De Doncker. In 1996, she was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. 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). She won the Vlag en Wimpel award in 1998 for illustrating the book Nietes welles and in 2015 for writing the book De wondertuin. In 2017, she won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for her book Stella, ster van de zee. She was also nominated for this award in 2015 and 2016.
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- 1.van Collie, Jan. Gerda Dendooven. Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature.
- 2.Leesplein.nl. Vlag en Wimpel (van de Penseel- en Paletjury).
- 3.Leesplein.nl. Vlag en Wimpel (van de Griffeljury).
- 4.woutertjepieterseprijs.nl. Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2017.
- 5.de Veen, Thomas. Woutertje Pieterse Prijs voor 'Stella'. NRC. nrc.nl. 8 April 2017.
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