Paul Biegel

Paul Biegel ( born March 25, 1925 in Bussum, North Holland province, Netherlands, † October 21, 2006 in Laren, The Netherlands) was a Dutch children's book author.

Life

Biegel grew up as the youngest of nine children, six girls and three boys on. He was not outspoken bookworm, preferring to play outside the house. However, among his favorite reading Grimm's fairy tales and books of Jules Verne. He attended elementary school in Bussum and made his Abitur in 1945 in Amsterdam.

His first story, the disgruntled dwarf Biegel wrote at the age of 14 years. It was published in the newspaper De Tijd. His career choice he could not meet because he realized that he did not have enough talent for the piano. After the Second World War, he spent a year in the United States, where he worked for the magazine The Knickerbocker Weekly. After returning to the Netherlands he wrote for various magazines and began to study law, but he broke off in 1953.

Biegel wrote in the following years, comics, such as Minter and rear, which is divided into a total of 10 stories in 5479 episodes in the daily newspaper Het Vrije people appeared. In 1959 he began his work as a writer of comics in the studio by Marten Toonder for Kappies series.

The first book published Biegel, appeared in 1962 De gouden gitar ( The Golden Guitar ). He was married to Marijke Sträter since 1960. The couple had two children. After the failure of his marriage Biegel known publicly that he was a homosexual.

His more than 50 books have been published in a dozen languages ​​.

Biegel was appointed Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion 1996

Prizes and awards

Works

  • De gouden gitaar. In 1962.
  • Het grote boek. In 1962.
  • Het sleutelkruid. 1964th German: The key herb. Translated by Lotte Schaukal. Children's book publishing house, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-358-01468-1.
  • Ik wou dat ik what else. 1967th German: I wanted that I was different. Translated by Herbert wreath. Illustrations by Babs van Wely. Herder, Freiburg.
  • De Tuineen van Dorr. 1969th German: The Gardens of Dorr. Translated by Hans Joachim Harmful, illustrations by Eva Johanna Rubin. DTV, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-423-07428-0.
  • De twalf rovers. 1971st German: The twelve robbers. Translated by Gundel Völckers. Thienemann, Stuttgart 1973, ISBN 3-522-11890-1.
  • De kleine kapitein. 1971st German: The little captain. DTV, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-423-07291-1.
  • De kapitein small country in het van Waan at Wijs. 1973rd German: In the land of the seven towers. Thienemann, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-522-12000-0.
  • De kleine kapitein en de schat of Schrik s Vreze. 1975th German: The spoils of the pirates. Translated by Helga Omein - Greschat. Illustrations by Carl Dutchman. Thienemann, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-522-12400-6.
  • Virgilius van Tuil op naar een zoek tart. 1979th German: The cake hunting. ( A history of the dwarf Virgilius ). Translated by Marie -Thérèse Schins. Arena, Würzburg, 1985, ISBN 3-401-04053-7.
  • Haas, eerste boek: Voorjaar. 1981st German: Hase. Arena, Würzburg 1984, ISBN 3-401-04051-0.
  • De zwarte weduwe. 1984th German: the black widow. Translated by Siegfried Mrotzek. Arena, Würzburg, 1986, ISBN 3-401-04112-6.
  • Van de oude dame en mui. 1985th German: The old lady and the mouse. Aurich, Kercher, 1986, ISBN 3-89106-030-0.
  • De rode princes. 1987th German: The red princess. Translated by Siegfried Mrotzek. Omnibus, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-570-20035-3.
  • New edition with illustrations by Linde Faas. Urachhaus, Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-8251-7804-8.
  • Nachtverhaal. 1992nd German: Night stories. Translated by Verena jaw. Middelhauve, Munich, ISBN 3-7876-9677-6.
  • Anthology: The Big Book of the little captain. Translated by Frank Berger. Illustrations by Carl Hölländer. Urachhaus, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8251-7800-0.
  • The Adventures Tulle dwarfs. Ill. Mies van Hout, translated by Eva Schweikart. Urachhaus, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8251-7802-4.
  • Revision: Sprookjes van Grimm. Illustrations by Werner Klemke. Uitgevermaatschipij, Haarlem 1966.
  • Translation: German legends. Edited by Paul Biegel and Marijke Biegel. Uitgevermaatschipij Holland, Haarlem, 1970.
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