Els Pelgrom
Els Pelgrom ( pseudonym of Else Koch ) (born April 2, 1934 in Arnhem ) is a Dutch writer.
Els Pelgrom and her parents belonged to the people of Arnhem who had to resettle in the " Hongerwinter " of 1944 after the Allies' attempt to conquer Arnhem had failed. Pelgrom processed her impressions of the war, the German occupation and the persecution of the Jews in the book The Children of the Eighth Forest .
In 1994 Els Pegrom won the Theo Thijssenprijs for her complete works, the Dutch State Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature.
Els Pelgrom had two children with her first husband in the Netherlands. She wrote the youth book Die Eichelfresser about the difficult childhood of her second husband, with whom she lived in Granada, Spain, until his death in 1993 .
Works (selection)
- 1962 - The secret pewter bos
- 1977 - De kinderen van het Achtste Woud ( Eng . "The Children of the Eighth Forest", 1992)
- 1978 - De zwervers van de Zakopane ( Eng . "The vagabonds of Zakopane", 1989)
- 1980 - Drie Japies ("The Winter When Time Was Frozen")
- 1982 - Voor niks gaat de zon op (Eng. "Only the sun rises for free")
- 1982 - Een zak vol geld ( Eng . "A sack full of money", 1988)
- 1984 - Kleine Sofie en Lange Wapper (Eng. "The miraculous journey of little Sofie", 1991), illustrated by Thé Tjong-Khing
- Gouden Griffel 1985
- German Youth Literature Prize 1986
- 1985 - De olifantsberg ( Eng . "The Elephant Mountain ", 1990), illustrated by Thé Tjong-Khing
- 1989 - De eikelvreters ( Eng . "The acorn eater", 1996)
- Gouden Griffel 1990
- 1992 - De koe die van het leven hield
- 1992 - Daar zijn draken!
- 1995 - Bombaaj!
- 1996 - De beer is on
- 1998 - De zee en het land
- 1999 - De kater en het vogeltje
- 2000 - Het loterijbriefje
- 2000 - Mijn flamencojurk
- 2006 - heroes
Web links
- Biographical self-disclosure by Els Pelgrom (Dutch, 1999)
- Literature by and about Els Pelgrom in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pelgrom, Els |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koch, Else (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arnhem |