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Carli Biessels (1936 – 16 September 2016) was a Dutch writer of children's literature.

Carli Biessels
Born	1936[1] Nijmegen, Netherlands[1]
Died	16 September 2016(2016-09-16) (aged 79–80)[2] Nijmegen, Netherlands[2]
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Dutch[1]
Genre	Children's literature
Notable awards	Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2010
Children	4[3]

Biography

Biessels was born and died in Nijmegen, where she studied pedagogy.[3] Biessels worked in the field of children psychiatry and orthopedagogy.[3]

Before writing books for children Biessels wrote various stories for children's magazines Okki and Taptoe.[3] Biessels made her debut as author at 62 years of age with her book Twee druppels water (1998).[4][5] The book was on the Longlist for the Gouden Uil award in 1999.[5]

In 2010, she won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for her book Juwelen van stras.[1][5][6][7] She also received the Vlag en Wimpel award in 2001 for her book De feestrede and in 2007 for her book Irah en de dieren.[1][5] Her last book Ik moet je iets belangrijks vertellen (2016) was published posthumously.[2]

Her books have been illustrated by various illustrators, including Martijn van der Linden, Harmen van Straaten and Marije Tolman.[2] Other illustrators include Patsy Backx, Marjolein Hund and Wolf Erlbruch. Her book Anton en het kamelenkleed (1999) was illustrated by one of her daughters.[3]

Some of her books have been translated to German by Hanni Ehlers and Mirjam Pressler.

Biessels married and had four children.[3]

Awards

• 2001: Vlag en Wimpel, De feestrede
• 2007: Vlag en Wimpel, Irah en de dieren
• 2010: Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, Juwelen van stras

Publications

• Twee druppels water (1998)
• Anton en het kamelenkleed (1999)
• Sinterklaas' verhalen: over mijterrekjes, voetbalschoenen en de rode staf (1999)
• De buurman van de Magere Heinen (2000)
• De feestrede (2000)
• Tussen Mees en Mol (2002)
• De zee, de zee (2002)
• Doortje wil naar de zee kijken (2003)
• Op doortocht (2004)
• De meeste dingen gebeurden onverwachts (2005)
• Irah en de dieren (2006)
• Geknipt (2008)
• Juwelen van stras (2009)
• Lucas en de woorden: een verhaal over leren lezen (2011)
• Ik moet je iets belangrijks vertellen (2016)

References

External links

• Carli Biessels (in Dutch) Digital Library for Dutch Literature

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