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Yvonne Jagtenberg

Yvonne Jagtenberg
Photo: Yvonne Jagtenberg · CC BY-SA 4.0

About

Yvonne Jagtenberg (Tilburg, 1967) is a Dutch picture-book maker, illustrator and screenwriter who both writes and draws her own books. She debuted in 1994 and built a wide body of work around beloved characters such as Balotje, Hondje and the wirwarwezels Arti and Bub. Her books have been published internationally - in the US, UK, France, Japan and Australia - and she has won the Gouden Penseel (Golden Brush) twice in a row, in 2019 for Mijn wonderlijke oom and in 2020 for Hup Herman!

2×
Golden Brush won (2019 and 2020)
#1
Picture book of Children's Book Week 2023

What's new

  • nov 2025

    De wirwarwezels op weg! by Jagtenberg was included in the longlist of the Boon Literature Prize 2026, the Flemish prize for the best Dutch-language books.

  • okt 2024

    Hup Herman! was chosen by the organization of the Children's Book Week 2024 as the thematic title of that year.

  • mei 2024

    In the Coda museum in Apeldoorn, the exhibition Het huis van Hopper was on display, based on Jagtenberg's work, from 3 to 15 May 2024.

  • 2024

    Jagtenberg published the reading book De eencellige die het leven best wel ingewikkeld vond at publisher Querido.

  • okt 2023

    Jagtenberg created the official Picture Book of the Children's Book Week 2023, Mijn huis is jouw huis, around the theme 'At my home'.

Tracks

Mijn wonderlijke oomGolden Brush 2019, tribute to filmmaker Jacques Tati
Hup Herman!Golden Brush 2020, theme title Children's Book Week 2024
Hondje, de enige echteSilver Brush 2016, one of the Best Designed Books 2016
De wirwarwezels op weg!Longlist Boon Literature Prize 2026
Mijn huis is jouw huisOfficial Picture Book of Children's Book Week 2023

😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.

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