Miep Diekmann

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Miep Diekmann (26 January 1925 – 9 July 2017) was a Dutch writer of children's literature. Diekmann was born in 1925 in Assen. Her father worked in the military and as a result the family moved several times: Diekmann moved to Kampen in 1928, to Vreeland in 1930 and in 1934 to Willemstad, Curaçao, where she lived until 1939. Her early life in Curaçao would become the source of inspiration for several children's books, including De boten van Brakkeput (1956), Padu is gek (1957) and De dagen van Olim (1971). In 1956 she won the Kinderboek van het jaar literary award for her book De boten van Brakkeput and the story was turned into a radio play in 1959. Together with Alice van Romondt and Liesbet ten Houten she helped found Aruban publishing company Charuba in 1984 in cooperation with Dutch publishing company Leopold. Between 1981 and 1988 she stayed in Aruba for several months a year to coach Aruban writers. Some of the writers she coached include Sonia Garmers, Richard Piternella, Frances Kelly, Josette Daal, Desiree Correa and Diana Lebacs. Diekmann traveled to Czechoslovakia during the 1960s and 1970s to help various Czech authors. In 1981, she won the Boekensleutel award together with Czech writer and poet Dagmar Hilarová for the book Ik heb geen naam.