Anne Provoost (born 1964 in Poperinge, Belgium) is a Flemish author who lives in Antwerp, Belgium, with her husband and three children. She is known for remaking myths, folk tales, fairy tales, and bible stories. She studied literature at the University of Leuven (Louvain). 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... In the South of West Flanders - just behind the Belgian coast lies the friendly little town of Poperinge, famous for its hops and lace. ... The term Flemings (Dutch: ) is currently mostly used to refer to the ethnic group native to Flanders (the northern half of Belgium, historically part of the Southern Netherlands), which in total numbers about 6 million people in Belgium (the majority of all Belgians) . The term also designates, not only the... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... // For the Derek Sherinian album, see Mythology (Derek Sherinian album). ... Folklore is the ethnographic concept of the tales, legends, or superstitions current among a particular ethnic population, a part of the oral history of a particular culture. ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... Bible Stories are selected passages from the Bible that are simple, enjoyable, and suitable for children. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... The Catholic University of Leuven, founded in 1425, is now the names of two Belgian universities, after the original university split in 1968: the Dutch-speaking Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, and the French-speaking Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium This is a disambiguation page — a... Leuven in 2004 Leuven (Louvain in French, Löwen in German) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, of which it is the capital. ...

Once a year, she writes a letter to Hans Christian Andersen answering one of his stories. Apart from being a novelist, Provoost also writes essays on literature and literature for children, as well as short stories. This does not cite its references or sources. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Essay, a short work that treats of a topic from an authors personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. ... Jane Frank: illustration from Thomas Yoseloffs The Further Adventures of Till Eulenspiegel (1957). ... This article is in need of attention. ...

Her new book ‘Looking into the Sun’, Querido/Amsterdam, published April 2007, is the story of a young girl living on an Australian farm with her parents and half-sister. Her mother has bad eyesight and knows she may be going blind.

Her novel 'In the Shadow of the Ark' was longlisted for the International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award 2006. She is the Belgian nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen-award 2007.

Her work, originally published in Dutch, has been translated into at least 12 languages, among them German, English, Danish, Swedish and Portuguese. "Falling" is her most famous book, having won five Literary prizes in Europe The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Anne Provoost is a member of the The Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature.

Bibliography

Novels

• My Aunt Is a Pilot Whale
• Falling
• The Rose and the Swine
• In the Shadow of the Ark

Essays

• Second Letter to Hans Christian Andersen
• Bad endings for children. Hopelessness and consolation; growing up, willing or not
• So Here's The Bad News. The child as antagonist.
• Identification in Falling. If goblins don't exist...

Film adaptations

• Falling, the movie

External links

• Anne Provoost official website
• Anne Provoost at the PEN American Center
• Portraits: Anne Provoost
• Anne Provoost with Bill Moyers on "Faith & Reason" (streaming video)