Lieve Baeten

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Lieve Baeten (born October 24, 1954 in Zonhoven ; † October 15, 2001 in Bekkevoort ) was a Belgian children's book author and illustrator.

Life

Lieve Baeten was born in Zonhoven and studied illustration at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Antwerpen . In 1992 she published The Curious Little Witch . The adventures of the little witch Lotje became an international success. Besides Belgium and Germany, her works have been published in Denmark, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, the USA, Canada and Korea. In Germany her books about the little witch have a total circulation of more than 700,000 copies.

More stories about the little witch Lisbet published in German:

  • It's the little witch's birthday
  • The little witch is celebrating Christmas
  • The little witch goes on a journey
  • The clever little witch

Lieve Baeten died in a car accident in 2001. After her death, her son Wietse Fossey (* 1977) from her marriage to Ken Fossey completed illustrations for The Cunning Little Witch , whose manuscript Lieve Baeten had already completed.

Works

  • as an author and illustrator
    • Nieuwsgierige Lotje (1992)
    • Lotje is jarig (1994)
    • Een hapje voor Nina (1995)
    • Kleertjes for Nina (1995)
    • Tom gaat naar bed (1995)
    • What is Tom? (1995)
    • De kerstboom van Lotje (1996)
    • Lotje en de heksenprinses (1998)
    • Little draak (2000)
  • as an illustrator
    • Geluk in een papiertje (1991)
    • Eefje donkerblauw (1992)
    • Aapje doet mee (1997)
    • Snoep op stokjes (1997)
    • Blauwe handjes (1997)
    • Bibberbang (1997)
    • De man met de flaphoed (1998)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Death of the draftswoman Lieve Baeten. In: nzz.ch. Retrieved July 8, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Lieve Baeten is dead. Retrieved July 6, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Baeten, Lieve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian children's author and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Zonhoven
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 2001
Place of death Bekkevoort