Monika van Paemel

Monika, Baroness van Paemel (born 4 May 1945) is a Belgian writer. Born in Poesele, at age 14 she attended the Heilig Graf boarding school in Turnhout, where she graduated in commercial sciences. In 1963, she married Theo Butsen, whom she divorced some years later. Together they had two daughters, but one of them died aged seventeen.

On 16 July 1993, she was knighted and became a baroness.

Awards

 * 1972 - Prijs voor het beste literair debuut
 * 1973 - Literaire prijs voor letterkunde Oost-Vlaanderen
 * 1986 - Dirk Martens prijs
 * 1986 - Prijs van de Vlaamse provincies