Paul Biegel

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Paul Biegel


Born
in Bussum, Netherlands
March 25, 1925

Died
October 21, 2006

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Paul Biegel was born in Bussum in 1925. His father, Hermann Biegel, was of German descent, and owned a building materials shop. With his wife Madeleine Povel-Guillot he had nine children, six girls and three boys, of which Paul was the youngest. He wasn't a prolific reader as a child, preferring to play outside. His favourite books where the fairy tales of the brothers Grimm and the works of Jules Verne. He studied in Bussum (primary school) and Amsterdam, graduating in 1945.

His first story, De ontevreden kabouter ("The unhappy gnome"), written when he was 14 years old, was printed in the newspaper De Tijd. He wanted to become a pianist, but decided that he didn't have enough talent. He went to the United States for a year after World War I
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De kleine kapitein

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Het sleutelkruid

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4.09 avg rating — 1,307 ratings — published 1964 — 28 editions
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De tuinen van Dorr

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4.27 avg rating — 814 ratings — published 1969 — 21 editions
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De Rode Prinses

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De kleine kapitein in het l...

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De kleine kapitein en de sc...

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4.21 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions
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De grote kleine kapitein

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Nachtverhaal

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3.96 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 1992 — 10 editions
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De rover Hoepsika

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3.91 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 1977 — 11 editions
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De vloek van Woestewolf

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“De zee is blauw, het bos is groen”
Paul Biegel, Het sleutelkruid

“Heus jongen, de reden om te vechten doet er nooit toe. Die is altijd een smoes. Net als bij jullie mensen.'
Ik begreep niet wat ze bedoelde. 'Mensen?' vroeg ik. 'Mensen worden toch niet gegoten?' Ze keek me aan. 'Jawel,' zei ze. 'Jawel jongen, ook mensen worden gegoten.'
Ik dacht dat ze me voor de gek hield, maar ze ging door: 'En bij dat gieten gaat het om de eerste druppel: die wint, en dat winnen zit in het bloed. Daar blijven ze hun leven lang om vechten. Op leven en dood. Ze kunnen het niet helpen.”
Paul Biegel, De soldatenmaker

“En jullie zijn te stom om te begrijpen dat sier het eigenste van de mens is. Dat we daarvan leven, en daarvoor en daarop.”
Paul Biegel, De Rode Prinses

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