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Anne Provoost (born 26 July 1964 in Poperinge, Belgium) is a Flemish author who lives in Antwerp, Belgium, with her husband and
three children. She is known for remaking myths, folk tales, fairy
tales, and bible stories. She studied literature at the Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven.
Once a year, she writes a letter to Hans Christian Andersen
answering one of his stories. Apart from being a novelist,
Provoost also writes essays on literature and literature for children, as well
as short stories.
Her new book ‘Looking into the Sun’, Querido/Amsterdam, published April
2008, is the story of a young girl living on an Australian farm
with her parents and half-sister. Her mother has bad eyesight and
knows she may be going blind. ‘Looking into the sun’ received the
Woman&Culture Award in The Netherlands in 2008 and the 3-yearly
Culture Award of Flanders (that is the former State Prize) in 2009.
It was published in French by Fayard.
Her novel 'In the Shadow of the Ark' was longlisted for the
International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award
2006. She is the Belgian nominee for the Hans Christian
Andersen-award 2007.
Her work, originally published in Dutch, has been translated into at least
15 languages, among them French, German, English, Danish, Swedish and Portuguese. "Falling" is her most
famous book, having won five Literary prizes in Europe
Anne Provoost is a member of the The Royal Academy of Dutch
Language and Literature.
In June 2007, she was a candidate for the Senate for the Green
Party Groen!
Bibliography
Novels
- My Aunt Is a Pilot Whale (1990) (ISBN 0-88961-202-1)[1]
- Falling (1994) (ISBN
1-86448-444-6)[2]
- The Rose and the Swine (1997) [3]
- In the Shadow of the Ark (2001) (ISBN
0-425-21102-9)
[4]
- Looking into the Sun (2007 forthcoming)
Essays
- Second Letter to Hans Christian Andersen ( ) [5]
- Bad endings for children. Hopelessness and consolation;
growing up, willing or not ( ) [6]
- So here's the bad news. The child as an antagonist ( )
(PDF) (essay)
- Identification in Falling. If goblins don't exist... (
) [7]
Film
adaptations
Awards
- 1991 - Belgium, Boekenleeuw for My Aunt is a Pilot
Whale
- 1991 - Belgium, Prijs Letterkunde van de Vlaamse Provincies -
Jeugd- en kinderboek, for My Aunt is a Pilot Whale
- 1995 - The Netherlands, Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for
Falling
- 1995 - Belgium, Boekenleeuw for Falling
- 1995 - International, Honour list IBBY for
Falling
- 1995 - Belgium, Gouden Uil voor kinder- en jeugdliteratuur for
Falling
- 1995 - The Netherlands, Zilveren Griffel for
Falling
- 1995 - International, Special mention White Ravens for
Falling
- 1996 - Belgium, Prijs Letterkunde van de Vlaamse Provincies -
Jeugd- en Kinderboek for Falling
- 1997 - France, Shortlist Prix du Lecteur of Mans and Sarthe for
Falling
- 1998 - International, Honour list IBBY for The Rose and the
Swine
- 1998 - Belgium, Shortlist for Gouden Uil for The Rose and
the Swine
- 1998 - Belgium, Boekenleeuw for The Rose and the
Swine
- 1998 - The Netherlands, Gouden Zoen for The
Rose and the Swine
- 2000 - Germany, Luchs-Award from Die Zeit for The Rose and
the Swine
- 2000 - Germany, Prijs van Nordrhein-Westfalen for My Aunt
is a Pilot Whale, Falling and The Rose and the
Swine
- 2000 - Belgium, Lavki-award for Falling, a 5-yearly
award of the city of Hasselt
- 2001 - Austria, Sonderpreis from the Jury der Jungen Leser for
The Rose and the Swine'
- 2002 - The Netherlands, Gouden Zoen for In the Shadow of
the Ark
- 2002 - Belgium, Boekenwelp for In the Shadow of the
Ark
- 2002 - Belgium, Longlist Gouden Uil for In the Shadow of
the Ark
- 2004 - USA, Children's Book Sense Picks for In the Shadow
of the Ark
- 2005 - Belgium, Prijs Letterkunde van de Provincie
West-Vlaanderen - Jeugd- en Kinderboek for In the Shadow of the
Ark
- 2005 - International, Longlist International IMPAC Dublin
Literary Award for In the Shadow of the Ark
- 2007 - The Netherlands, Longlist LIBRIS-award for Looking
into the Sun
- 2007 - The Netherlands, Shortlist Halewijn-award in Roermond
for Looking into the Sun
- 2008 - The Netherlands, Woman&Culture Award for Looking
into the Sun.
- 2009 - Belgium, the 3-yearly Culture Award of Flanders for
Looking into the Sun.
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