Els berries

Els Beerten (born March 27, 1959 in Hasselt ) is a Flemish author for children and young people .

life and work

Els Beerten grew up in Koersel . From 1977 to 1981 she studied Dutch and English at the KUL in Leuven . Then she attended an acting school in Maastricht . Since 1985 she has been teaching Dutch , English and creative writing in Aarschot . Els Beerten is married and has three children.

Reviews

As if there was a heaven

• Jury of the German Youth Literature Award : “The author has put the complex events, questions, fates and feelings of this time into a multi-perspective narrative in order to draw a facet of life in war with each figure and its narrative text. In addition, she gives each of the four protagonists their own voice. This time of crisis raises questions like how to behave in a totalitarian system or how to cope with guilt. Els Beerten delivers a demanding description of the disorientation of young people in difficult times and impressively conveys their wishes, dreams, longings, fears and fears to the reader. Mirjam Pressler translated this novel in a convincing way. "

• Süddeutsche Zeitung : "But the deeper you read into this confusion of voices, the more captivating the story becomes, the more you understand the message of the Belgian author:" The war, that's us. ""

run for your life

• FAZ : “ Run for your life , awarded the Gouden Zoen as the best Dutch youth novel in 2004, blends biography scenes of a damaged personality who draws an idiosyncratic resilience from hidden reserves. The author counteracts the drama of the event with a defiantly lively narrative that harmoniously combines sadness and fear with moments of enthusiasm and relief. As a first-person narrator, Noor, who has fallen silent in direct conversation, can report relentlessly honestly and without distance. This voice is authentic and attractive, one follows her into the depths of her fear. Noor's real achievement consists, much more than the physical exertion of the marathon, in this narration while on the move, out of the space of the running, which allows her to be so close to herself that she can communicate. She sets the course of her life against the out of joint résumé - and this touching protocol. "

bibliography

• Vreemde Eend, 1985
  • John Flandersprijs (1985)
• Scenes, 1987
  • Second Prize Children's and Jeugdjury Vlaanderen (1989)
• Twee Kastelen, 1987
• Een buik om in te kruipen, 1988 ( I would prefer a goldfish )
• Een schat onder de vlag, 1989
• Teranga-Welkom, 1989
• Mijn hoofd zit te vol, 1989
• Mijn tweede solo, 1990 (German: my second solo )
  • First Prize Children's and Jeugdjury Limburg (1992)
• Wat een stomme meester !, 1992
• Simon, 1993
• Big little broer, 1993
• Voorbij de blauwe lucht, 1994
• Zoveel te zien, zoveel te horen, 1995
• In het donker is het veilig, 1998
• Lopen voor je leven, 2003 (German run for your life )
  • Gouden Zoen (2004)
  • Little Cervantesprijs (2005)
  • First Prize Children's and Jeugdjury Vlaanderen (2005)
  • JuBu Book of the Month May 2005
  • Lektorix October 2005
• Allemaal willen we de hemel, 2008 (Ger. As if there were a sky . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-8414-2135-7 )
  • Gouden Uil Prijs van de Jonge Lezer (2009)
  • De Gouden Lijst (2009)
  • Nienke van Hichtum-prijs (2009)
  • Lod. Lavkiprijs (2011)
  • Book Lion 2009
  • Nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize in the categories "Youth Books" and "Youth Jury"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Over Els. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 14, 2011 ; Retrieved March 27, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org
3. ↑ Els Beerten, translated by Mirjam Pressler: As if there were a heaven . No. 2 . FJB, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8414-2135-7 ( Google Books ).
4. ↑ Life course. In: FAZ.net . September 3, 2005, accessed December 17, 2014 .