Diane Broeckhoven

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Diane Broeckhoven (born March 4, 1946 in Antwerp ) is a Flemish author and journalist .

Broeckhoven grew up in Antwerp. From 1967 she worked for the newspaper De Standaard . In 1970 she went to Haarlem in the Netherlands , where she worked as a freelance journalist and author. In 2000 she returned to her hometown.

Her works primarily include books for young people , some of which have taken up topics that were previously rather unusual for this genre, such as death and illness, but also the adoption of children from the “ Third World ”. In addition to these books for young people, she has also written books for adults. The best known of them is A Day with Mr. Jules .

Works

  • Goodbye, baby bird. Translated by Helga van Beuningen. Hamburg 1990.
  • Brown without sun. Translated by Helga van Beuningen. Hamburg 1997.
  • Gold-rimmed days. Translated by Rolf Erdorf. Munich 1999.
  • A day with Mr. Jules . Translated by Isabel Hessel. Reinbek near Hamburg 2006.
  • Once a child, always a child. Translated by Isabel Hessel. Reinbek near Hamburg 2007.
  • A trip with Alice. Translated by Isabel Hessel. Reinbek near Hamburg 2008.
  • Mr. Sylvain's winding road to happiness. Translated by Jörn Pinnow. Munich 2008.
  • Way of the Cross. Translated by Isabel Hessel. Munich 2012.

Awards

  • 1981: Prijs Provincie Antwerp
  • 1981: Prijs Tielt Boekenstad
  • 1986: Prijs Tielt Boekenstad for Auf Wiedersehen, Vogelkind
  • 1987: Book lion for goodbye, bird child
  • 1987: Interprovinciale prijs for goodbye, Vogelkind
  • 1994: Boekenleeuw for brown without sun
  • 1997: Children's jury Limburg for Kristalnacht
  • 1997: Children's and Jeugdjury Vlaanderen for Kristalnacht

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personal data
SURNAME Broeckhoven, Diane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian author
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp