Winnen of Leren
# Winnen of Leren

Winnen of Leren (English: 'Winning or Learning') is the autobiography of Dutch author and mental health activist Noa Pothoven, which was published in November 2018.

## 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.

