Marjolijn Hof
Marjolijn Hof (* 1956 in Amsterdam , Kingdom of the Netherlands ) is a Dutch author for children and young people .
Life
Although Hof wrote a play in elementary school, she first became a librarian. In 1996 she turned full-time to writing and in 1999 she published her first book De Bloem van de buurt . She wrote stories for Sesame Street in the Netherlands , which were illustrated by other artists. In 2006 she published her book for primary school children: Een kleine kans , which was awarded.
Prizes and awards
- 2007: De Gouden Uil, Belgian literature prize, both in the “Children's literature” category and in the “Literature for young readers” category for Een kleine kans .
- 2007: Gouden Griffel , Dutch Literature Prize, for the same book.
- 2009: Invitation to the Aachen Children's and Youth Book Weeks .
- 2011: Stay in the LiteraturRaum in the Bleibtreu Hotel in Berlin-Charlottenburg as part of International Children's and Youth Literature at the Berlin International Literature Festival for the months April to May 2011.
Publications
- 1999: De bloem van de buurt , illustrated by Kees de Boer .
- 2001: Toeter , illustrated by Pauline Oud.
- 2002: Koe & Mus , illustrated by Fransje Smit.
- 2003: Kleuren speuren . Centraal Museum Utrecht.
- 2004: Maks moet! , illustrated by Fransje Smit.
- 2006: Stokstaartjes (German: Meerkat ), illustrated by Mylo Freeman.
- 2006: a little kans .
- 2008: German by Meike Blatnik: Dead Mouse for Papa's Life . Bloomsbury Children's & Young Adult Books, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-8270-5323-7 .
- 2009: German as an audio book; read by Juliane Köhler . DAV, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-89813-909-0 (2 CD).
- 2007: Oversteken .
- 2011: German by Meike Blatnik: Never is that long . Bloomsbury children's and youth books, Berlin etc., ISBN 978-3-8270-5492-0 .
- 2008: Moder number zero .
- 2009: German by Meike Blatnik: Mother number zero . Bloomsbury Children's & Youth Books, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-8270-5382-4 .
- 2009: together with Iris Kuipers: When nobody kijkt .
- 2013: German by Meike Blatnik: Julia , bloomoon Verlag, Munich, ISBN 978-3-8458-0232-9 .
- 2011: Mijn Opa en ik en het varken Oma , with drawings by Judith Ten Bosch.
- 2014: German by Meike Blatnik and illustrations by Susanne Göhlich: My grandpa and me and a pig named Oma . Aladin Verlag, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-8489-2036-5 .
- 2014: German as an audio book, read by Svenja Pages . Audiolino, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-86737-180-3 .
- 2013: De rules van drie . Uitgeverij Querido Kind, Amsterdam 2013, ISBN 978-90-451-1476-7
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hof, Marjolijn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch author for children and young people |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam , Kingdom of the Netherlands |