Lidia Postma
Lidia Postma (born April 2, 1952) is a Dutch writer, artist and illustrator. She is best known for her children's picture books and her Tolkien illustrations.
Lidia Postma
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- Name
- Lidia Postma
- Born
- 2 April 1952
- Birthplace
- Hoorn, Netherlands
- Awards
- Gouden Penseel, Gouden Appel
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- writer · cartoonist · illustrator · postage stamp designer · painter · sculptor
- Fields
- young adult literature
- Honours
- Golden Paintbrush
- Languages
- Dutch
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Key facts
• Name — Lidia Postma • Born — 2 April 1952 • Birthplace — Hoorn, Netherlands • Awards — Gouden Penseel, Gouden Appel
Documentary record
Lidia Postma (born 2 April 1952) is recorded as an illustrator, painter and sculptor. Lidia Postma was born on 2 April 1952 in Hoorn.
Life
Life
Postma was born in Hoorn. She trained as an illustrator at the Free Graphics and Painting Department of the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. In 1976 she received a Gouden Penseel (Golden Brush) for her illustrations of Hans Christian Andersen's Sprookjes en vertellingen (1975); this was a prize awarded to talented new illustrators. Two years later she was honored with the Gouden Appel (Golden Apple), awarded at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava by a jury with members from thirteen countries.
Documentary record
Amsterdam is recorded as a place of activity by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Identity
Identity
Lidia Postma is recorded as writer, cartoonist, illustrator, postage stamp designer and painter.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1952
Lidia Postma born at Hoorn.
As illustrator
• Sprookjes en vertellingen by Hans Christian Andersen (1975) • The Cow Book, compiled by Marc Gallant, illustrated by Marc Gallant, Wayne Anderson, Keleck, James Marsh, Braldt Bralds, Yōko Ochida, Michel Guiré-Vaka, B. G. Sharma, Lidia Postma, Bushiri Mruta Awazi, Jean Christian Knaff, Luba Simansky, Binette Schroeder, Étienne Delessert, Martin Leman, Jocelyne Pache, Boris Vallejo, Claude Lapointe, Nicholas Price, Josef Paleček, Waldemar Świerzy, Ivan Generalić, Mark Hess, Alain Gauthier, Robert Giusti, and Robert Rodriguez, published by Alfred A. Knopf (1983) • The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Other Tales from Grimm by Naomi Lewis (translator/editor) (1986) • Night Story by Paul Biegel (1992) • The Hobbit Companion by David Day (1997)
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