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'''Anna Maria Geertruida Schmidt''' ([[Kapelle]], [[May 20]] [[1911]] - [[Amsterdam]], [[May 21]] [[1988]]), was a [[dutch]] [[poet]] and [[writer]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kb.nl/dossiers/schmidt/schmidt.html |title=Dossier Annie MG Schmidt (1911-1995) |accessdate=2008-03-10 |format= |work=Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands}}</ref>. Amongst her works are [[poetry|poems]], [[song|songs]], [[theatre|plays]], [[musical|musicals]] and radio-television drama, although she is most known because of her work in [[children's literature]] achieving the [[Hans Christian Andersen Award]] in [[1988]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.annie-mg.com/huiskamer/about_annie/introduction.html |title=Introduction - Annie M.G. Schmidt |accessdate=2008-03-10 |format= |work=}}</ref> She died through [[euthanasia]] in [[1994]], the morning after her 84th birthday.<ref>The Dood in Nederland website reads [http://www.dodenakkers.nl/beroemd/schmidt.html "Uiteindelijk zag ze het niet meer zitten en besloot ze de dag na haar 84ste verjaardag euthanasie te plegen."]. Translation: "Finally she couldn't stand it anymore and the day after her 84th birthday she decided to euthanatize herself." Retrieved on 2008-03-10</ref>

==Early Life==
Annie M.G. Schmidt was the daughter of the minister in [[Kapelle]], Zeeland.

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