Winnen of Leren
2018 autobiography by Noa Pothoven
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Background
Winnen of Leren was published when Pothoven was 16 years old and criticised youth mental health care in her country, won a prize for non-fiction and made her well-known. The book contains Pothoven's diaries concerning her hospitalisations for PTSD as a result of rape, and covers her struggle with depression, self-harm, anorexia and wish to have euthanasia.
Reception
The book became controversial following Pothoven's death in June 2019, which was wrongfully attributed by foreign media to active euthanasia.
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