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{{short description|Dutch illustrator}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|8|4}}
| image   = Thé Tjong-Khing (1978).jpg
| caption = Thé Tjong-Khing in 1978
| module  = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|hide=no
| t       = 鄭宗瓊
| p       = Zhèng Zōngqióng
| poj     = Tēⁿ Chong-khêng}}
}}

'''Thé Tjong-Khing'''{{family name footnote|lang=Chinese|Thé|Tjong}} ({{zh|c=鄭宗瓊}}; born August 4, 1933) is a children's book [[illustrator]] based in the [[Netherlands]].

He was born in [[Purworedjo]], [[Java (island)|Java]], [[Dutch East Indies]] to a large [[Chinese Indonesian]] family. As a child he was interested in the [[Tarzan in comics#Comic strips|Tarzan]] comic strips of [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]. Tjong-Khing attended the ''Seni Rupa'' (arts) institute in [[Bandung]].  He came to the Netherlands in 1956 and started as a [[drawing|draftsman]] at the Toonder Studio's, initially as a volunteer and later as an employee.

In addition to his work on [[Oliver B. Bumble]] comics, he contributed to the magazine ''Tina'' and created ''Arman & Ilva''. In 1970 he was asked to provide illustration for [[Miep Diekmann]]'s children's book. He became a [[freelance]] illustrator providing illustration to many children's book authors such as van [[Guus Kuijer]], [[Els Pelgrom]], [[Sylvia Vanden Heede]] en [[Dolf Verroen]].

Tjong-Khing won the ''[[Gouden Penseel]]'' (Golden Brush) award three times, and in 2005 won the ''[[Woutertje Pieterse Prijs]]'' for his book ''Waar is de taart?'' (Where is the cake?), a picturebook without text. For this he also won the ''Zilveren Penseel'' and was nominated for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis in 2007. In 2010 he won the ''[[Max Velthuijs-prijs]]'' (Max Velthuijs Prize).<ref name="nu_max_velthuijs">{{cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/boek/2224544/the-tjong-khing-wint-max-velthuijs-prijs.html|title=Thé Tjong-Khing wint Max Velthuijs-prijs|date=13 April 2010|publisher=[[NU.nl]]|accessdate=14 April 2019|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414002512/https://www.nu.nl/boek/2224544/the-tjong-khing-wint-max-velthuijs-prijs.html|language=Dutch}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Portal |Children's literature}}
* [http://www.thetjongkhing.nl/ Official website] (in Dutch)

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[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Dutch comic strip cartoonists]]
[[Category:Dutch comics artists]]
[[Category:Dutch children's book illustrators]]
[[Category:Dutch people of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:Dutch people of Indonesian descent]]
[[Category:Indonesian people of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:People from Purworejo Regency]]
[[Category:Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners]]
[[Category:Max Velthuijs Prize winners]]
[[Category:Gouden Penseel winners]]

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