Barbara Stok

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Barbara Stok
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Born (1970-02-24) 24 February 1970 (age 55)
Groningen

Barbara Stok (born 24 February 1970, Groningen) is a Dutch cartoonist, best known for her graphic novel Vincent. [1]

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Biography and work

Much of Stok's work is autobiographical; she began drawing comics in the 1990s and self-published Barbaraal, a series of books set in Groningen, often in and around Vera, a center for underground rock music. [2] She never attended an art or design school, wary that she might lose her personal style. [2] Her 2003 graphic novel Je geld of je leven ("Your money or your life") deals with her work as a journalist and the burn-out that followed it. [2] The autobiographical compilation Dan maak je maar zin, deals with the death of the author/main character's brother-in-law and probes the meaning of life. She won the 2009 Stripschapprijs [3] for her oeuvre. [2] [4]

Also in 2009, Stok was commissioned by publishing company Nijgh & Van Ditmar and the Van Gogh Museum to write and draw a book on Van Gogh. [5] Her Vincent is a graphic novel depicting Vincent van Gogh's years in and around Arles; it is translated into a number of languages including English. James Smart, in The Guardian , praised it as "a vibrant, sad account of Van Gogh's move to Arles and his struggle with mental illness". [6] That same year she was given a weekly slot in the national daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad . [5]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Barbara Stok
YearBodyPartyPos.VotesResultRef.
Party seatsIndividual
2024 European Parliament Party for the Animals 36 [a] 2,0841Lost [7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Stok participated as a lijstduwer .

References

  1. ↑ "Barbara Stok".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Barbara Stok wint Stripschapprijs". Het Parool (in Dutch). 17 August 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "38 jaar de Stripschapprijs - 1974–2011". Het Stripschap. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Entfield, Levi (10 September 2009). "Dan maak je maar zin – Barbara Stok". Literair Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Strip over leven van Vincent van Gogh". Het Parool (in Dutch). 26 August 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Smart, James (11 April 2014). "Vincent by Barbara Stok – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1" [Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. pp. 19–20, 41. Retrieved 28 July 2024.


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