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Theo Thijssen-prijs
The Theo Thijssen-prijsSometimes spelled ''Theo Thijssenprijs''. (Dutch for Theo Thijssen Prize) is a Dutch literary award awarded once every three years to a Dutch author of children's literature or young adult fiction. The award is not given for a particular work but for the entire oeuvre. The award is named after Dutch writer, teacher and socialist politician Theo Thijssen. The Theo Thijssen-prijs is a continuation of the literary award ''Staatsprijs voor kinder- en jeugdliteratuur'' (Dutch for ''State prize for children's and youth literature'') which was first awarded in 1964. The award ceremony is held in the Dutch Museum of Literature in The Hague. The award is awarded by the Stichting P.C. Hooft-prijs voor Letterkunde. Winners Staatsprijs voor kinder- en jeugdliteratuur * 1964: Annie M. G. Schmidt * 1967: An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau * 1970: Miep Diekmann * 1973: Paul Biegel * 1976: Tonke Dragt * 1979: Guus Kuijer * 1982: Henk Barnard * 1985: Not awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Els Pelgrom
Els Pelgrom (born 2 April 1934, Arnhem), pseudonym of Else Koch, is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Biography Career For some time she worked on the children's section of the ''Winschoter Courant''. She also worked for a short period of time as teacher. Children's literature Pelgrom made her debut as writer in 1962 with the book ''Het geheimzinnige bos''. Her book ''De kinderen van het achtste woud'' (1977) is considered by many to be her true debut. For this book she received the Gouden Griffel award in 1978. The book was translated into English as ''The Winter When Time Was Frozen'' by Maryka and Raphael Rudnik who won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 1981 for this translation. The book was translated into German by Jutta Knust as ''Die Kinder vom Achten Wald'' which was awarded the ''Gustav-Heinemann-Friedenspreis für Kinder- und Jugendbücher'' in 1983. Pelgrom also won the Gouden Griffel for her books ''Kleine Sofie en Lange Wapper'' and ''De eikelvre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awards Established In 1988
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Dutch Children's Literature
Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People Ethnic groups * Germanic peoples, the original meaning of the term ''Dutch'' in English ** Pennsylvania Dutch, a group of early Germanic immigrants to Pennsylvania *Dutch people, the Germanic group native to the Netherlands Specific people * Dutch (nickname), a list of people * Johnny Dutch (born 1989), American hurdler * Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), American mobster born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer * Dutch Mantel, ring name of American retired professional wrestler Wayne Maurice Keown (born 1949) * Dutch Savage, ring name of professional wrestler and promoter Frank Stewart (1935–2013) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Dutch (''Black Lagoon''), an African-American character from the Japanese manga and anime ''Black L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Literary Awards
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Dutch Literary Awards
Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People Ethnic groups * Germanic peoples, the original meaning of the term ''Dutch'' in English ** Pennsylvania Dutch, a group of early Germanic immigrants to Pennsylvania *Dutch people, the Germanic group native to the Netherlands Specific people * Dutch (nickname), a list of people * Johnny Dutch (born 1989), American hurdler * Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), American mobster born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer * Dutch Mantel, ring name of American retired professional wrestler Wayne Maurice Keown (born 1949) * Dutch Savage, ring name of professional wrestler and promoter Frank Stewart (1935–2013) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Dutch (''Black Lagoon''), an African-American character from the Japanese manga and anime ''Blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daan Remmerts De Vries
Daan Remmerts de Vries (born 5 April 1962) is a Dutch writer and illustrator. Career Remmerts de Vries made his debut in 1990 with ''Zippy en Slos'', a collection of short stories. He won the Gouden Griffel award twice: in 2003, for his book ''Godje'' and, in 2010, for his book ''Voordat jij er was''. He also won the Zilveren Griffel award in 2015 for ''Soms laat ik je even achter'' and in 2017 for ''T.rex Trix in Naturalis''. In 2021, he won the Theo Thijssen-prijs for his entire oeuvre. Remmerts de Vries has illustrated books written by several authors, including Ted van Lieshout, Sjoerd Kuyper and Francine Oomen. He has also illustrated many of his own books. Awards * 1997: Vlag en Wimpel, ''Mijn tuin, mijn tuin'' (written by Ted van Lieshout) * 2000: Vlag en Wimpel, ''Willis'' * 2003: Gouden Griffel, ''Godje'' * 2005: Zilveren Griffel, ''De Noordenwindheks'' * 2009: Vlag en Wimpel, ''Bernie King en de magische cirkels'' * 2010: Gouden Griffel, ''Voordat jij er was'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibi Dumon Tak
Margaretha Anna (Bibi) Dumon Tak (born 21 December 1964) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. After completing her degree in Dutch Literature, in 2001 Bibi Dumon Tak began her career as a children's non-fiction author with ''Het koeienboek'' (The Cow Book, 2001). Career Dumon Tak made her debut in 2002 with the book ''Het koeienboek''. She won the Zilveren Griffel award for this book. She went on to win the Zilveren Griffel award several more times in the years that followed: in 2004 for ''Camera loopt... Actie!'', in 2007 for ''Bibi’s bijzondere beestenboek'' and in 2010 for ''Fiet wil rennen''. Her book ''Camera loopt... Actie!'' takes a look behind the scenes of the 2003 film '' Polleke'' which itself is based on children's books written by Guus Kuijer. In 2006, she wrote the book ''Laika tussen de sterren'' which was the Kinderboekenweekgeschenk on the occasion of the annual Boekenweek, based on the life of Laika, the first animal in space. In 2012, she won th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Heesen
Martha Heesen (born 6 May 1948) is a Dutch writer. Career In 2004, she won the Golden Book-Owl for her book ''Toen Faas niet thuiskwam''. In 2007, she received the Vlag en Wimpel award for the book ''Wolf''. In 2015, she won the Theo Thijssen-prijs. Awards * 2000: Zilveren Griffel, ''De vloek van Cornelia'' * 2001: Zilveren Griffel, ''Mijn zusje is een monster'' * 2002: Zilveren Griffel, '' Stekels '' * 2004: Golden Book-Owl, ''Toen Faas niet thuiskwam'' * 2007: Vlag en Wimpel, ''Wolf'' * 2015: Theo Thijssen-prijs References External links Martha Heesen Digital Library for Dutch Literature The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, second ... 1948 births Living people 20th-century Dutch women writers 21st-century Dutch women writers Dutch children's writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sjoerd Kuyper
Sjoerd Kuyper (born 6 March 1952, Amsterdam) is a Dutch poetry and prose writer of adult, children's and youth books, theatre, TV series, film scripts and lyrics. His best-known works are the film ''Het zakmes'' (''The Pocket-knife''), the series of books about the toddler Robin, the poem ''Mensen met koffers'' (''People with Suitcases''), the lyrics ''Hallo wereld'' (''Hello World'') and the youth novels ''Hotel De Grote L'' (''The Big L hotel'') and ''Bizar'' (''Bizarre''). His books have been published in fifteen countries. He has won, among other things, six Zilveren Griffels and a Gouden Griffel for ''Robin en God'' (''Robin and God''). In 2012 he was awarded the Theo Thijssen Prijs for his entire oeuvre, and in 2014 he was appointed Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau for his merits in Dutch literature at home and abroad. Youth Sjoerd Kuyper was born on 6 March 1952 in Amsterdam-East. At the age of two, he moved with his parents to the village of Berkhout, near Hoorn, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Van Lieshout
Ted van Lieshout (born 21 December 1955) is a Dutch poet and writer of children's literature. He has won numerous awards for his work. Early life Van Lieshout was born in 1955 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Van Lieshout studied ''Beeldende Kunsten en Vormgeving'' between 1975 and 1980 at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Until 1990 he was part-time teacher at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. After graduating van Lieshout made drawings for the newspaper ''NRC Handelsblad'' as well as magazines such as ''Avenue'' and ''Blauw Geruite Kiel'', the youth magazine of ''Vrij Nederland''. He also contributed to the television shows ''Het Klokhuis'' and ''Sesamstraat''. He became a full-time writer in 1990. Career In 1995, he won the Gouden Griffel award for his book ''Begin een torentje van niks''. This was the first time this award was given for a work of poetry. Van Lieshout won the Zilveren Zoen for his book ''Gebr.'' He also won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Van Gestel
Peter van Gestel (3 August 1937, Amsterdam – 1 March 2019, Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer. Career Writing Van Gestel made his debut in 1962 with ''Drempelvrees'', a collection of stories. He received the Reina Prinsen Geerligsprijs for this book. In 1976, he published the book ''Ver van huis'' under the pseudonym Sander Joosten. He made his debut in children's literature with ''Schuilen onder je schooltas'' in 1979. He received the Vlag en Wimpel award for this book. He received the Nienke van Hichtum-prijs 1987 for his book ''Ko Kruier en zijn stadsgenoten'' (1985) with illustrations by Peter van Straaten. For his children's book ''Winterijs'' he won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2002 as well as the Gouden Griffel 2002 award and the Nienke van Hichtum-prijs 2003. He became the first to be awarded these three awards for a single book. ''Winterijs'' tells the story of a ten year old living in Amsterdam in the winter of 1947 developing a friendship with a Jewish boy. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
