TE DVA NLIES H O U T& PHILIP HOPM CROSSING
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PHILIP H In 1961 I was born in Egmond aan den Hoef. My father grew tulips with names like Arabian Mystery, Apricot Parrot and Lustige Witwe. I like tulips, but I found the work to be dull and dirty. I rather made drawings. Which is what I still do. In 1980 I went to the Gerrit Rietveld Art School, where I was taught by, among others, Thé Tjong Khing. I moved to Amsterdam. My mother was afraid I would starve, because I couldn’t cook. But cooking is something you can learn, which I did, and so I am still alive. When I finished Art School I started to work as an illustrator, and now I have illustrated over 200 books, and one I wrote myself: ‘Valentijn en zijn viool’ (published in English as ‘Valentine and His Violin’). Read more about me: www.philiphopman.nl
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HOPMAN In 1955 I was born in Eindhoven. My father built houses, bridges and towers. I like building, but only with words. I like to build stories and poems. And I draw pictures too. Not always; sometimes I ask some one else to do the pictures. Philip, for instance. I​n 1975 I moved to Amsterdam and went to the Gerrit Rietveld Art School, and when I graduated I started to work as an illustrator and designer, and eventually as an author. Now I have written about 60 books. Many of them won awards, such as the Golden Slate Pencil and the Theo Thijssen Award. In 2014 I was a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Several books are translated into other languages, such as Danish, English, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. Read more about me: www.tedvanlieshout.com
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Ted leest voor, en als hij er niet bij tekent, laat hij de tekeningen in het boek zien. Voor leerlingen van het voortgezet onderwijs gebruikt hij een beamer en powerpointpresentaties.
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Ted and Philip perform in schools, libraries and theatres all over the country and abroad. Usually they perform on their own, but also as a duo. Their working together has become closer since they went to Dubai and Cairo to perform at the Dutch and International schools.
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Philip and Ted read from their books, tell stories, and make live drawings. Ted: ‘The fact that we both can draw gives us the opportunity to present literature in word and picture, even if the audience and we speak a different language.’
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Ted gives drawing marathons: lessons in the art of drawing (30 minutes to 120 minutes). He also gives workshops for children and adults in writing stories, poetry and scenario’s. Installing exhibitions in schools is also a possibility.
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Philip also gives workshops and specializes in drawing, storyboards and murals.
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Philip lets children draw on big pieces of paper.
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Philip and Ted work with flip-overs to draw on. The drawings can be kept by the children. Philip specializes in murals. Children can help him make one.
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Ted and Philip are well known in the Netherlands for their series of picture books about a five year old who runs a farm. Boer Boris (Farmer Freddie, Bauer Benni) was first published in 2012 and has been awarded ever since. Ted writes books for older children too, as well as for adults. His poetry won many awards. 21
These photo’s show Philip and Ted at schools in Istanbul (Turkey).
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Because the translated books weren’t available yet, Ted and Philip talked in English and an interpreter translated into Turkish.
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Ted and Philip help children write and draw. But of course there’s always time to read a story or a poem. Afterwards children can ask questions, if they have any. 26
At the end of their visit to the International School in Cairo, Mody and Mathijs returned the favour: Mody told a story about two ducks that came swimming all the way from the Netherlands and were turned into a writer and an illustrator by a teacher from the International School, and Mathijs made live drawings, quite as fast as he had seen Philip and Ted do it. 30
Together Ted and Philip work with all age groups, including adults. If necessary they devide groups among themselves. Because of their drawing skills language barriers are usually not a big deal. Philip and Ted both speak English and German, and Philip also speaks Italian and Spanish. And if language fails, drawing will do the trick! Philip and Ted were, together or apart, in: Accra (Ghana), Antwerp and Brussels (Belgium), Aruba and Curaรงao (Dutch Antilles), Beijing and Hongkong (China), Bergen, Oslo and the Lofoten (Norway), Berlin, Frankfurt, Gรถttingen, Cologne and Munich (Germany), Cairo (Egypt), Dubai (United Emirates), Geneva (Switzerland), Istanbul (Turkey), Paris (France) and Singapore. In the Netherlands Ted and Philip usually work via Stichting Schrijvers School Samenleving (www.sss.nl). This Foundation Writers School Society helps to book a writer or illustrator at schools, libraries and theatres: info@sss.nl Sometimes the Nederlands Letterenfonds (Dutch Foundation for Literature) can help to realise a visit abroad or subsidize translation of Dutch literature: post@letterenfonds.nl If you want Philip and Ted to come to your country, you can also contact them directly:
ted@tedvanlieshout.info
pchopman@xs4all.nl
More information: www.tedvanlieshout.com www.tedvanlieshout.nu
www.philiphopman.nl
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Farewell presents from a boy in Cairo and a girl in Istanbul. 34
Photo’s: Cairo 2013 and Istanbul 2015 35