Baukje Wytsma

Baukje Wytsma (1 April 1946 – 29 December 2022) was a Dutch journalist, writer and poet.
Biography.
Wytsma was born in 1946 in Reduzum. She became a kindergarten teacher, but stopped after a few years. She started studying journalism and became a freelance journalist. For Leeuwarder Courant she wrote reviews and a children's page.
Wytsma made her debut as a writer in 1976 with the children's book "Romke Timen Tomke" and "oare opsizferskes". In 1980 her first poetry collection was published named "Noch ien slach om 'e buorren". Some books were induced in the Honour List of the International Board on Books for Young People. Birthplace desire and also death were important themes in her works.
In 2007 Wytsma received the Fryske Anjer and in 2018 she was appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau for her great service to the Frisian language.
Wytsma died on 29 December 2022, at the age of 76.