Kristien Dieltiens

Kristien Dieltiens (born 27 September 1954) is a Flemish author.

Kristien Dieltiens
Born (1954-09-29) 29 September 1954
Antwerpen, Belgium
LanguageDutch
Notable awards

Career

Dieltiens made her debut in 1997 with De gouden bal.[1] For her book Olrac (2000) she won the Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury Vlaanderen in 2002.[2]

For her 50th book Kelderkind Dieltiens won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs in 2013.[2][3][4] The book draws inspiration from the life of Kaspar Hauser, a German youth who claimed to have grown up in the total isolation of a darkened cell.[4] In 2012 Dieltiens also won the West-Vlaamse Provinciale Prijs Letterkunde for this book and it was also nominated for a Boekenleeuw.[2][3]

Awards
  • 2002: Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury Vlaanderen, Olrac
  • 2012: West-Vlaamse Provinciale Prijs Letterkunde, Kelderkind
  • 2013: Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, Kelderkind
  • 2014: Kleine Cervantes, Kelderkind

References
  1. Marchau, Jet. "Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Kristien Dieltiens" (in Dutch). Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. "Kristien Dieltiens" (in Dutch). Woutertje Pieterse Prijs. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. "Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2013" (in Dutch). woutertjepieterseprijs.nl. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. "Woutertje Pieterse Prijs voor Kelderkind van Kristien Dieltiens" (in Dutch). JaapLeest. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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