Kitty Crowther

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Kitty Crowther
Born4 April 1970
Uccle, Belgium
OccupationIllustrator and writer of children's books
NationalityBelgian
EducationGraphic Arts at the Institut Saint-Luc
Notable awards
  • "Vlag en Wimpel" in 1997 for the illustrated book Mon ami Jim
  • 2003 Silver Pencil for In het pikkedonker (In the pitch dark)
  • 2005 Silver Pencil for Kleine Dood en het meisje (Little Death and the girl)
  • 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council
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Kitty Crowther (born 4 April 1970, in

children's books. For her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council, the biggest prize in children's literature.[1][2][3]

Biography

Kitty Crowther is the Belgian[3] daughter of a British father and a Swedish mother. She was born and grew up in Uccle, part of Brussels, in Belgium. She and her husband now live in Blanmont with their two sons. She studied Graphic Arts at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels.[4] She works mainly in French, occasionally in Dutch, and has as of 2010 created some 35 books of her own, and has illustrated books of others as well, e.g. work by Carl Norac, Bart Moeyaert and Toon Tellegen.

She made her debut in 1994 with Mon royaume (My kingdom). The jury of the Gouden Griffel awarded her a "Vlag en Wimpel" in 1997 for the illustrated book Mon ami Jim.

Further recognition followed in 2003 and 2005, when she received the Silver Pencil for In het pikkedonker (In the pitch dark) and Kleine Dood en het meisje (Little Death and the girl). In 2010 she received the Astrid Lindgren Award, administered by the Swedish Arts Council. In the jury's citation she was described as "the master of line but also of atmosphere".

Works

Crowther receives the Lindgren Award from Queen Silvia of Sweden
  • 2007: Dans moi, text by Alex Cousseau
  • 2007: Un nuage dans le ventre, text by Gilles Abier
  • 2008: Alors?
  • 2009: Petits poèmes pour passer le temps by Carl Norac, Kitty Crowther, and Célestin
  • 2009: Annie du lac
  • 2010: "Le petit homme et Dieu"
  • 2018: Stories of the Night, 64pp.,
    ISBN 978-1-776571-97-0 (Gecko Press)[5]
  • 2019: The Runaways, text by
    ISBN 978-1-776572-33-5 (Gecko Press)[6]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "2010: Kitty Crowther: Master of Line" Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Brusselse wint 'Nobelprijs voor kinderliteratuur'" (in Dutch). De Standaard. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Belgian author wins Astrid Lindgren prize". AFP. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  4. ^ Mercier, Jacques (2006). Belges en France (in French). Lannoo. p. 298.
    ISBN 978-2-87386-478-1
    . Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  5. ISBN 9781776571970
    . Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  6. ^ "The Runaways | Children's Fiction | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Kitty Crowther" (in Dutch). Querido. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2010.

External links

Media related to Kitty Crowther at Wikimedia Commons

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