This article is about the novel. For other uses, see Winter in Wartime (disambiguation)

Winter in Wartime (disambiguation)

Winter in Wartime can refer to:*Winter in Wartime, a 1972 novel for young-adults written by the Dutch writer Jan Terlouw.*Winter in Wartime , a 1975 Dutch miniseries based on the novel....

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Winter in Wartime (1972) is a novel

Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

 written by the Dutch

Dutch people

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 writer Jan Terlouw

Jan Terlouw

Jan Cornelis Terlouw is a Dutch scientist, politician, and author.- Background :Jan Terlouw was born in Kamperveen, Overijssel. He was the eldest son in his family, he has two brothers and two sisters and grew up in the Veluwe...

. The story is about a sixteen year old Dutch boy who lives through the last winter of the Second world war.

In 1973 the novel won the Gouden Griffel

Gouden Griffel

The Gouden Griffel is an important award given to authors of children's or teenager's literature in the Netherlands.Since 1971, it is awarded each year during the Dutch Children's Books Week, by the Stichting Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek for the best children's books written in...

 and in 1975 it was made into a popular television miniseries directed by Aart Staartjes

Aart Staartjes

Aart Staartjes is a Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker from Amsterdam. He is well-known for his role on Sesamstraat, the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street. On this show, his character's name is Meneer Aart Aart Staartjes (born March 1, 1938, Nieuwendam) is a...

. In 2008 it was adapted into a motion picture

Winter in Wartime (film)

Winter in Wartime is a 2008 Dutch war film directed by Martin Koolhoven. The screenplay was written by Mieke de Jong, Paul Jan Nelissen and Martin Koolhoven and was based on the novel of the same name by Jan Terlouw....

. A musical based on the novel is set to premier in September 2011.