Kristien Dieltiens

Kristien Dieltiens (born 27 September 1954) is a Flemish author.
Career.
Dieltiens made her debut in 1997 with "De gouden bal". For her book "Olrac" (2000) she won the Prijs van de Kinder- en Jeugdjury Vlaanderen in 2002.
For her 50th book "Kelderkind" Dieltiens won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs in 2013. The book draws inspiration from the life of Kaspar Hauser, a German youth who claimed to have grown up in the total isolation of a darkened cell. In 2012, Dieltiens also won the West-Vlaamse Provinciale Prijs Letterkunde for this book and it was also nominated for a Boekenleeuw.