{{short description|Dutch publishing house}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox publisher | founded = 1963 | founder = Jean Louis and Marijke Boele van Hensbroek | country = Netherlands | headquarters = Rotterdam }} '''Lemniscaat''' or '''Lemniscaat Publishers''' is a Dutch independent publishing house based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The company publishes both children's literature and non-fiction books for adults. The company is named after the lemniscate symbol.
== History ==
Lemniscaat was founded in 1963 by Jean Louis and Marijke Boele van Hensbroek.<ref name="nrc_marijke_overleden">{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/11/30/ze-vond-dat-kinderen-de-mooiste-boeken-verdienen-1319942-a711078|title=Ze vond dat kinderen de mooiste boeken verdienen|date=30 November 2013|publisher=NRC|accessdate=27 April 2019|archive-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427202556/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/11/30/ze-vond-dat-kinderen-de-mooiste-boeken-verdienen-1319942-a711078|language=Dutch|first=Thomas|last=de Veen}}</ref> {{As of|2019|alt=The company is currently run by their son Jean Christophe Boele van Hensbroek.}}
Many Dutch children's authors have had their work published by Lemniscaat, including Jan Terlouw, Thea Beckman, Ingrid Schubert, Dieter Schubert, Lieneke Dijkzeul and Anke Kranendonk. The company has also worked with many illustrators, including Jan Jutte, Alice Hoogstad, Charlotte Dematons and Marije Tolman.
In 2007, the company started to republish Paul Biegel's work but with new illustrations that the company paid for.<ref name="nrc_biegel_conflict">{{cite web|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2012/12/06/uitgever-in-conflict-met-erfgename-paul-biegel-a1468465|title=Uitgever in conflict met erfgename Paul Biegel|date=6 December 2012|publisher=NRC|accessdate=27 April 2019|archive-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427205144/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2012/12/06/uitgever-in-conflict-met-erfgename-paul-biegel-a1468465|language=Dutch|first=Thomas|last=de Veen}}</ref> As a result, Lemniscaat had to pay a lower amount of royalties to Leonie Biegel, Biegel's daughter.<ref name="nrc_biegel_conflict"/> In 2012, Lemniscaat filed a preliminary injunction against Biegel's daughter who intended to move her father's work to another publishing house.<ref name="nrc_biegel_conflict"/>
== References == {{ reflist }}
== External links == * [http://lemniscaat.co.uk English website] * [https://www.lemniscaat.nl Dutch website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812061635/http://www.lemniscaat.nl/ |date=12 August 2018 }} {{Authority control}}
Category:Publishing companies of the Netherlands Category:Publishing companies established in 1963 Category:Companies based in Rotterdam Category:Dutch companies established in 1963