Anne Provoost

Anne Provoost ( born July 26, 1964 in Poperinge ) is a Flemish writer.

Life and work

Provoost grew up in Woesten on (now part of municipality Vleteren ). She studied literature and pedagogy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and graduated in Germanic philology. Then she followed her husband to the United States, where in 1990 her first book - " Mijn tante is een grindewal " - wrote. In 1994, " Vallen ", a youth book about racism and extremism and 1997 " De roos en het zwijn ". , 2001, " De arkvaarders " and 2007 her most recent novel "In de zon kijken ".

Your originally authored in Dutch work has been translated into twelve languages. When her most important book is " Vallen " for which she won five European literary prizes.

In June 2007, Provoost ran as a member of the party Groen! for the Belgian Senate. She is a member of P.E.N. and the Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal -en Letterkunde and lives with her ​​husband and three children in Antwerp.

Works and Awards

  • Silver pen 1995
  • Woutertje Pieterse Prize 1995
  • Gouden Uil 1995
  • Boekenleeuw 1995
  • Prijs van de Vlaamse Letterkunde Provincies - Jeugd -en kinderboek 1996
  • Special Jury Prize of Young Readers ( Austria ) 2001
  • Gouden Zoen 1998
  • Boekenleeuw 1998
  • LYNX 2000
  • Gouden Zoen 2002
  • Boekenwelp 2002
  • Children's Book Sense Picks USA 2004
  • Prijs Letterkunde van de Provincie West -Vlaanderen - Jeugd -en kinderboek 2005

More awards

  • Prize of North Rhine -Westphalia for Mijn tante is een grindewal, Vallen and De Roos en het zwijn 2000
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