User:Nicolás A. Ramírez/Workshop/Annie M.G. Schmidt

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Anna Maria Geertruida Schmidt (Kapelle, May 20 1911 - Amsterdam, May 21 1988), was a dutch poet and writer[1]. Amongst her works are poems, songs, plays, musicals and radio-television drama, but she is most known because of her work in children's literature achieving the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1988.[2] She died in 1994 the morning after her 84th birthday through euthanasia.[3]

References

  1. Dossier Annie MG Schmidt (1911-1995). Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
  2. Introduction - Annie M.G. Schmidt. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
  3. The Dood in Nederland website reads "Uiteindelijk zag ze het niet meer zitten en besloot ze de dag na haar 84ste verjaardag euthanasie te plegen.". Translation: "Finally she couldn't stand it anymore and the day after her 84th birthday she decided to euthanatize herself."