She was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2012 and
2022.
At least five of her books were translated into English. She was also an illustrator.
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.books.childrens/c/mOSfzOlZ0k0/m/3cLmM4iVAQAJ
(what I posted in 2020 - almost all of the links still work)
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/07/letter-to-the-king-author-tonke-dragt-dies-at-93/
“Letter to the King” author Tonke Dragt dies at 93
July 13, 2024
Popular young adult fiction writer Tonke Dragt died on Friday aged 93 at
her home in The Hague, her publisher Leopold announced at the weekend.
Her first book, Adventure of the Unidentical Twins, appeared in 1961,
shortly to be followed by the prize-winning The Letter for the King in
1962. She went on to write numerous other successful books, including
The Secrets of the Wild Wood and The Song of Seven.
The Letter to the King, which was translated into 34 languages, was made
into a film in 2008. In March 2020, Netflix turned the book into a
series.
Dragt kept writing well into old age. The children’s book Wie achter
deze deur verdwaalt (Those who loses his way behind this door), which
she wrote with writer/illustrator Rindert Kromhout, appeared in 2021.
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(more obits)
About The Letter to the King:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Letter_for_the_King
More about Dragt:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonke_Dragt
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