Marina Defauw
Marina Defauw | |||
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| Born | September 22, 1963 Diksmuide, West Flanders, Belgium | ||
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| Nationality | Flemish | ||
| Citizenship | Flanders | ||
Marina Defauw (born September 22, 1963) is a Flemish author of Children's literature.
Defauw also teaches mathematics and economics. She combines her writing work with her job as a teacher. She lives with her family in Bovekerke near Koekelare.
Life and work
Defauw was born in Diksmuide, Flanders, on September 22, 1963. Beside being a writer, she teaches mathematics at the Lyceum of Ypres, where she also taught economics for many years.[1][2] Defauw lives with her family in Bovekerke near Koekelare.[1][3][4][5] She also worked for the annual Junior Monsterboeken (Junior Monsterbook).[1][6]
Her De C-brieven ("The C-letters"), her debut book,[7] was released in 2005. It was inspired by her daughter.[1]
In 2017 she published Alle dagen donker ("All Days Dark") based on a true story, about a boy who becomes blind after a fall and after troubles dealing with the situation meets Lily, a blind girl. She wrote the book after meeting with blind people, and after she understood even better the importance of guide dogs for these people, she handed the book's copyright to the Belgium Center for Guide dogs.[8]
In 2018 she published Het robotmeisje ("The Robot Girl"), whose protagonist Timo meets a girl his parents take home, and discovers an underground laboratory.[9][6]
In 2019 she published her seventh novel, In ruil voor paardenballet, telling about a boy having to sell his horse to help his sick sister while also telling about the traditional Spanish Riding School.[1][10]
Bibliography
- 2005: De C-brieven
- 2005: Aangerand!
- 2008: Othello Onbekend
- 2010: Eerlijke economie
- 2013: Panfluit met gouden noten
- 2013: Kevervuur, Junior Monsterboek II
- 2014: De vloek van het vermiste oog, Junior Monsterboek III
- 2015: Duivelwind, Junior Monsterboek IV
- 2016: Het magische rad, Junior Monsterboek V
- 2017: Alle dagen donker
- 2017: De Zilvervos, Junior Monsterboek 666
- 2018: Het robotmeisje
- 2018: In rook opgegaan, Junior Monsterboek 7
- 2019: In ruil voor paardenballet
- 2019: Het beeldje met de barst, Junior Monsterboek 8
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Maertens, Christophe (July 15, 2019). "Lerares wiskunde brengt zevende roman uit". Het Laatste Nieuws. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ↑ Vandenbroucke, Bart (March 4, 2008). "Lerares schrijft over zelfverwonding". De Standaard. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ↑ "'Ook slimme leerlingen hebben soms hulp nodig'". De Standaard. March 16, 2010. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ↑ Marjo (August 12, 2018). "Het Robotmeisje - Marina Defauw". Leestafel. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
- ↑ Pli (May 24, 2013). "'Schrijven is en blijft een hobby'". Het Nieuwsblad. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lexmond, Jos (July 19, 2018). "Het robotmeisje – Marina Defauw". NCSF (Netherlands' Contact Center for Science Fiction). Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ↑ Dumoulein, Valentine (October 28, 2019). "Van de comeback van Aspe over Fitmom en Bekkari tot feest voor Bart Moeyaert: deze West-Vlamingen staan in de kijker op de Boekenbeurs". Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ↑ "Nieuw boek Marina Defauw steunt blindengeleidehonden". Het Laatste Nieuws. November 17, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
- ↑ Smeulders-Veltman, Gonny. "Het robotmeisje - Defauw, Marina". :nl:NBD Biblion. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ↑ De Wilde, Mario (July 14, 2019). "Marina Defauw uit Koekelare brengt zevende roman 'In ruil voor paardenballet' uit". Het Nieuws Van West Flanders. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
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