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Tonke Dragt

トンケ・ドラフト

Tonke Dragt

Aliases: Antonia Johanna Dragt / Tonneke
Pen Names: Tito DrastraPen name used in Japanese internment camp during WWII

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1930-11-12 (Batavia (Jakarta))
Died
2024-07-12 (The Hague) age 93
Nationality
Dutch
Languages
Dutch
Residence History
Batavia → Dordrecht → The Hague

Career

Occupations
writer, illustrator, art teacher
Active Years
1961-2021
Influenced By
E. Nesbit, Rosemary Sutcliff, Alan Garner
Influenced
Thea Beckman

Education

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Visual Arts
Country: Netherlands
Enrolled to become an art teacher

Awards

Kinderboek van het Jaar
1963
Work: De brief voor de koning
Organization: CPNB
Result: 受賞
Nienke van Hichtum-prijs
1971
Work: Torenhoog en mijlenbreed
Result: 受賞
Staatsprijs voor kinder- en jeugdliteratuur
1976
Result: 受賞
Buxtehude Bull
1995
Work: De torens van Februari
Organization: City of Buxtehude
Result: 受賞
Griffel der Griffels
2004
Work: De brief voor de koning
Result: 受賞
Victorine Hefting Award
2005
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

De brief voor de koning

1962 Children's literature - Fantasy

A squire boy's adventure to deliver a letter to the king

Knighthoodpersonal quest
Adaptations
  • [Film] De Brief voor de Koning / Pit Dwulit (2008)
  • [TV series] The Letter for the King (2020)
Translations
  • Catalan, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish

Bibliography

  • Verhalen van de tweelingbroers (1961)
  • De brief voor de koning (1962)
  • De blauwe boekanier (1964)
  • Geheimen van het Wilde Woud (1965)
  • De zevensprong (1966)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Blend of fantasy/SF with real worldmale protagonists on quests
Recurring Motifs
Medieval fantasypersonal discovery

Legacy

Pioneer of Dutch children's literature. 'The Letter for the King' chosen as best Dutch youth book of late 20th century

In Popular Culture

  • Adapted into Netflix series

Trivia

  • Wrote novels in Japanese internment camp during WWII