Harriët van Reek

Harriët van Reek (born 21 November 1957) is a Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature.

Biography Van Reek was born in 1957 as the daughter of comic author Jan van Reek. She then studied in Amsterdam to become a teacher in drawing and manual skills. Initially, she worked with Ten Bosch on children's magazine St. Kitts van de Bovenwindse. Some of these artwork were purchased by the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Nordic Watercolour Museum. She also won the Zilveren Penseel award for the book Bokje (2001) and also for the book Letterdromen met Do (2007). Van Reek wrote the book to encourage children to write by hand again in a time when children have become used to text messaging and digital communication.

Awards

1987: Gouden Griffel, De Avonturen van Lena Lena 1987: Vlag en Wimpel, De Avonturen van Lena Lena 1990: Vlag en Wimpel, Het bergje spek 2002: Zilveren Penseel, Bokje 2008: Zilveren Penseel, Letterdromen met Do 2016: Gouden Penseel, Lettersoep

Work

De Avonturen van Lena Lena (1986) Het bergje spek (1989) Henkelman, ons Henkelmannetje (1996) Bokje (2001) Letterdromen met Do (2007) Edith en Egon Schiele (2013) Lettersoep (2015)