Tonke Dragt

1930 - 2024

Country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Native language: Dutch

Languages spoken, written or signed: Dutch

Occupation: children's writer, illustrator, writer, draftsperson, watercolorist, comics artist, painter, pastellist, drawing teacher, pen drawer, teacher

Award received: Theo Thijsen Award, Nienke van Hichtum-prijs, Victorine Hefting Award, Kinderboek van het jaar, Staatsprijs voor kinder- en jeugdliteratuur, Gouden Griffel, Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

Official website: www.kinderboeken.nl/auteur/tonke-dragt

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Antonia "Tonke" Johanna Dragt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɔŋkə ˈdrɑxt]; 12 November 1930 – 12 July 2024) was a Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature. Her book De brief voor de koning was chosen by CPNB as the best Dutch youth book of the latter half of the twentieth century. Source: Wikipedia (en)