The Cat Who Came In off the Roof by Annie M.G. Schmidt

Foreign authors and illustrators whose work has recently been published by Querido are Timothée de Fombelle, Cornelia Funke, Aidan Chambers, Shaun Tan, Rebecca Stead and Marianne Dubuc.įoreign publishers wishing to publish translations of books written by Annie M.G. Schmidt, Guus Kuijer, Toon Tellegen, Bart Moeyaert, Simon van der Geest and Marjolijn Hof.

Among them are many award winning and classic writers, like AnnieM.G. Querido publishes 50 to 60 new titles yearly, mostly by Dutch and Flemish authors (80% of the books on the listwere written in Dutch). Querido was founded by Emanuel Querido in 1915, and has been publishing children’s books since 1971, specializing in picture books, quality fiction for all age groups. The jury praised her “ironic tone, witty criticism and style that is amusing, clear, rebellious and simple to its essence.”Ībout children’s books written by Annie M.G.

In 1988 the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren presented her with the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the “Nobel Prize” of children’s literature. Her work has appeared in translation all over the world. Throughout her career – she died in 1995 at the age of 84 – she was showered with accolades, including the Dutch and Austrian national prizes for children’s literature. Her children’s books have become a national institution. Many of her books have been filmed, and almost everyone in the Netherlands is able to recite at least a line or two from one of her songs or poems. Her radio and TV series, plays and musicals brought her unprecedented popularity. She was a highly original woman with a broad perspective and an unfailing sense of humor. Schmidt was thought of during her lifetime as the “real queen of the Netherlands”. The most famous twentieth-century Dutch writer, Annie M.G.

The Cat Who Came In off the Roof by Annie M.G. Schmidt