Aline Sax
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{{short description|Belgian children's writer}}
Aline Sax (born 1984, Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian author of children's and young adult literature. Ms. Sax has a master's degree and has received her Phd in History from the University of Antwerp. Besides being an author she also translates novels from English and German to Dutch.{{Cite web|url=https://www.alinesax.be/about-me/|title=About me | Aline Sax}}
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Biography
She has a PhD in history and currently works as an historian and novelist. She wrote her first book when she was fifteen, about two German child soldiers at the Normandy beaches in June 1944.{{cite web|url=http://www.clavisbooks.com/book/aline-sax |title=Mist over het strand | Clavis |publisher=Clavisbooks.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-01}} All of her novels are historical novels, capturing a wide range of themes and historical periods.{{cite web|url=http://www.alinesax.be/boeken/ |title=Boeken | Aline Sax |publisher=Alinesax.be |date= |accessdate=2014-03-01}}
Her books are written in Dutch, but have been translated into German,{{cite web|url=http://www.arena-verlag.de/helden/aline-sax |title=Aline Sax | ARENA Verlag |publisher=Arena-verlag.de |date= |accessdate=2014-03-01}} Danish,{{cite web|url=http://www.turbineforlaget.dk/dk/shop/ungdomsboeger/andre-ungdomsboeger/mellem-to-verdener |title=Mellem to verdener – Turbineforlaget |publisher=Turbineforlaget.dk |date=17 December 2010 |accessdate=2014-03-01}} Swedish, French, Korean, Arabic and English.{{cite web|url=http://www.eerdmans.com/Products/5428/the-war-within-these-walls.aspx |title=The War within These Walls – Aline Sax, Caryl Strzelecki |publisher=Eerdmans |date=16 October 2013 |accessdate=2014-03-01}} She has been nominated for and won several literary prizes.{{cite web|url=http://alinesax.be/about-me |title=About me | Aline Sax |publisher=Alinesax.be |date=6 June 1944 |accessdate=2014-03-01}}
The War Within These Walls was published in the US in October 2013. It is a heavily illustrated novel that dramatically captures the brutal reality of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. The story is about a young Jew's struggle to survive and his participation in the 1943 uprising. Kirkus Reviews called it an 'unrelenting, heart-rending insight into the hell that the Nazis created. Gripping, powerful, shattering'.{{cite web|last=Johnston |first=Julie |url=http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/aline-sax/the-war-within-these-walls/ |title=THE WAR WITHIN THESE WALLS by Aline Sax, Caryl Strzelecki, Laura Watkinson | Kirkus |publisher=Kirkusreviews.com |date=1 September 2013 |accessdate=2014-03-01}}
The book is illustrated by Caryl Strzelecki and translated by Laura Watkinson. It was mentioned as one of the best books of 2013 by Kirkus Reviews{{cite web|last=Johnston |first=Julie |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/aline-sax/the-war-within-these-walls/ |title=THE WAR WITHIN THESE WALLS by Aline Sax, Caryl Strzelecki, Laura Watkinson | Kirkus |publisher=Kirkusreviews.com |date=1 September 2013 |accessdate=2014-03-01}} and Publishers Weekly{{cite web|url=http://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2013/childrens-fiction#book/book-23 |title=Best Books of 2013 |work=Publishers Weekly |publisher=Best-books.publishersweekly.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-01}} and won the National Jewish Book Awards{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/2013-national-jewish-book-award-winners |title=2013 National Jewish Book Award Winners |publisher=Jewishbookcouncil.org |date= |accessdate=2014-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211072206/http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/2013-national-jewish-book-award-winners |archive-date=2014-02-11 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-awards/past-winners|title=Past Winners|website=Jewish Book Council|language=en|access-date=2020-01-18}} as well as the silver medal of the Sydney Taylor Book Award{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Awards/SydneyTaylorBookAward.aspx |title=Sydney Taylor Book Award |publisher=Jewishlibraries.org |date= |accessdate=2014-03-01}} and the Batchelder Honor Award of the American Library Association.{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward |title=Welcome to the (Mildred L.) Batchelder Award home page | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) |publisher=Ala.org |date= |accessdate=2014-03-01}}
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Category:Belgian children's writers
Category:Belgian women children's writers
Category:20th-century Belgian women writers