Bibi Dumon Tak

Margaretha Anna (Bibi) Dumon Tak (born 21 December 1964) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. After completing her degree in Dutch Literature, in 2001 Bibi Dumon Tak began her career as a children's non-fiction author with Het koeienboek (The Cow Book, 2001).[1]

Bibi Dumon Tak
BornMargaretha Anna (Bibi) Dumon Tak
(1964-12-21) 21 December 1964
Rotterdam, Netherlands
OccupationWriter
LanguageDutch
Notable awards

Career

Dumon Tak made her debut in 2002 with the book Het koeienboek.[2] She won the Zilveren Griffel award for this book.[3] She went on to win the Zilveren Griffel award several more times in the years that followed: in 2004 for Camera loopt... Actie!, in 2007 for Bibi’s bijzondere beestenboek and in 2010 for Fiet wil rennen.[2][3][4][5]

Her book Camera loopt... Actie! takes a look behind the scenes of the 2003 film Polleke which itself is based on children's books written by Guus Kuijer.[3]

In 2006, she wrote the book Laika tussen de sterren which was the Kinderboekenweekgeschenk on the occasion of the annual Boekenweek, based on the life of Laika, the first animal in space.[3] In 2012, she won the Gouden Griffel award for her book Winterdieren.[2][6]

Several of Dumon Tak's books have been translated into English by Laura Watkinson. Watkinson's publisher won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 2012 for the book Soldier Bear and 2015 for the book Mikis and the Donkey.[7]

In 2018, she won the Theo Thijssen-prijs for her entire oeuvre.[8][9]

In 2019, her book Laat een boodschap achter in het zand (illustrated by Annemarie van Haeringen) was on the shortlist for the Jan Wolkers Prijs.[10]

In 2023, Dumon Tak and Annemarie van Haeringen won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for the book Vandaag houd ik mijn spreekbeurt over de anaconda.[11]

Dumon Tak's books have been illustrated by various illustrators including Fleur van der Weel, Fiel van der Veen and Fiep Westendorp.[3] Her books have been published by Querido.

Personal life

Dumon Tak is married to Jan Paul Schutten who is also an award-winning writer of Dutch children's literature.[3][9]

Awards

References
  1. "Author - Bibi Dumon Tak - Letterenfonds".
  2. de Veen, Thomas (2 October 2012). "Gouden Griffel voor Bibi Dumon Tak" (in Dutch). NRC. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. Vos, Jacques. "Bibi Dumon Tak" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2004) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  4. "90-jarige Dolf Verroen wint Zilveren Griffel voor kinderboek Droomopa" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 19 June 2019. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  5. "Juryrapport - Griffels, Penselen en Vlag en Wimpels 2019" (PDF) (in Dutch). CPNB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  6. "Gouden Griffel voor Bibi Dumon Tak" (in Dutch). NOS. 2 October 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  7. "Batchelder Award winners, 1968 - Present" (in Dutch). Association for Library Service to Children. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  8. van Verschuer, Nynke (15 May 2018). "Theo Thijssen-prijs 2018 voor Bibi Dumon Tak" (in Dutch). nrc.nl. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  9. Koelewijn, Jannetje (7 September 2018). "'Ze zei: mijn kinderen zijn ook van jou, hè'" (in Dutch). NRC. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  10. Beukers, Gijs (20 October 2019). "Marente de Moor wint Jan Wolkers Prijs met 'Foon'". De Volkskrant. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  11. "'Spreekbeurt over de anaconda' wint Woutertje Pieterse Prijs voor beste kinderboek". NOS (in Dutch). 8 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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