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Imme Dros

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Imme Dros

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1936-09-26 (Oudeschild, Texel)
Nationality
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch
Residence History
Texel (birthplace and grew up) → Amsterdam (studies) → Hilversum (current residence)

Career

Occupations
children's literature writer
Active Years
1971-
Influenced
Harrie Geelen

Awards

Nienke van Hichtum-prijs
1983
Work: En een tijd van vrede
Result: 受賞
Woutertje Pieterse Prijs
1988
Work: Annetje Lie in het holst van de nacht
Result: 受賞
Woutertje Pieterse Prijs
2006
Work: Bijna jarig
Result: 受賞
Theo Thijssen-prijs
2003
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Odysseus: een man van verhalen

Children's literature

Poetic retelling of Odysseus's journey home after the Trojan War.

adventurehomecomingGreek mythology

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poetic stylemodern adaptations of classics
Recurring Motifs
animalsadolescentsGreek mythology

Legacy

Prominent Dutch children's literature author known for animal stories in the 1970s, adolescent themes in the 1980s, and modern retellings of Homer and Greek myths from the 1990s.

Trivia

  • Her husband Harrie Geelen illustrated several of her books.
  • Grew up on the island of Texel.