Marjolijn Hof

{{short description|Dutch writer}}

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Marjolijn Hof (born 1956) is a Dutch writer who lives in Amsterdam. She has won many awards including the "Gouden Uil Jeugd Literatuurprijs', the "Gouden Uil Prijs van de Jonge Lezer" and the "Gouden Griffel".{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}.

In 2012 she received the Vlag en Wimpel award for her book Mijn opa en ik en het varken Oma with illustrations by Judith Ten Bosch.{{cite web|url=http://www.leesfeest.nl/boek/mijn-opa-en-ik-en-het-varken-oma|title=Mijn opa en ik en het varken oma|publisher=leesfeest.nl|accessdate=18 February 2019|archive-date=18 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218205728/http://www.leesfeest.nl/boek/mijn-opa-en-ik-en-het-varken-oma|language=Dutch}} Ten Bosch also illustrated her book Een boek vol beesten - Neushoorn (2005).

Works in English translation

  • Against the Odds, Groundwood Books (2011) {{ISBN|0-8889-9950-X}}
  • Mother Number One, Groundwood Books (2011) {{ISBN|1-55498-078-X}}

References

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