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Anna Maria Geertruida Schmidt, was a dutch poet and writer. Amongst her works are poems, songs, plays, musicals and radio-television drama, but she is most known because of her work in children's literature achieving the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1988.[1] She died in 1994 the morning after her 84th birthday through euthanasia.[2]

References

  1. Introduction - Annie m.G. Schmidt. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
  2. The Dood in Nederland website reads "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."