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Gerda Dendooven

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Gerda Dendooven
Gerda Dendooven (2006)
Born (1962-05-10) 10 May 1962 (age 62)
Kortrijk, Belgium
Known forIllustration
Awards

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.

Early life

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

Career

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Children's literature

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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

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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

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

Awards

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References

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  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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