What is Leonie Kooiker?
[[File:Leonie-kooiker (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Leonie Kooiker''' (20 October 1927 &ndash; 16 April 2020) was a Dutch children's writer.<ref>{{cite book | author = J. van Coillie | date =January 2004 | title = Encyclopedie Van De Jeugdliteratuur | publisher = De Fontein | isbn = 9789026119880 }}</ref> She was born in [[Markelo]], Netherlands. She published for the children's magazine ''[[Kris Kras]]''. Her first book ({{ill|Het malle ding van bobbistiek)|nl}}), won her the [[Gouden Griffel]]. Her book ''Het Oerlanderboek'', won her the [[Vlag en Wimpel]] award. Kooiker died in [[Papendrecht]], Netherlands on 16 April 2020, aged 92.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nd.nl/cultuur/cultuur/966957/leonie-kooiker-1927-2020- | title=Leonie Kooiker (1927-2020) }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kooiker, Leonie}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch children's writers]] [[Category:Writers from Overijssel]] {{bio-stub}}