Tonke Dragt
Dutch children's writer and illustrator (1930-2024) · Netherlands · On the map · Writers · Died at 93
Antonia "Tonke" Johanna Dragt was a Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature. Her book De brief voor de koning was chosen by CPNB as the best Dutch youth book of the latter half of the twentieth century.
Tonke Dragt is read about 68 times a day, in 21 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2024Died12 July 20242005Victorine Hefting AwardAward2004Gouden GriffelAward1976Staatsprijs voor kinder- en jeugdliteratuurAwardTheo Thijsen AwardAward1971Nienke van Hichtum-prijsAward1963Kinderboek van het jaarAward1930Born12 November 1930
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About this person
Country
Netherlands
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2024 · aged 93
Where to find them
In the same film or series as Tonke
Monic HendrickxAlso in The Letter for the King (2008)
Gijs Scholten van AschatAlso in The Letter for the King (2008)
Jacques VriensAlso in D; Een film over schrijven (1994)
Yannick van de VeldeAlso in The Letter for the King (2008)
Raymond ThiryAlso in The Letter for the King (2008)
Harrie GeelenAlso in D; Een film over schrijven (1994)