Fiel van der Veen (born 18 February 1945, Nijmegen) is a Dutch illustrator.

Career

Van der Veen has illustrated books by various Dutch authors, including

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and

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. In 1974, Van der Veen illustrated the book ''2 is te veel'' by

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, the Kinderboekenweekgeschenk on the occasion of the

Boekenweek In the Netherlands, the Boekenweek (; English: Book Week) is an annual "week" of ten days dedicated to Dutch literature. It has been held in March annually since 1932. Each Boekenweek has a theme. The beginning of the Boekenweek is marked by the ' ...

. Van der Veen also illustrated Paul Biegel's book ''Het eiland daarginds'' which was the Kinderboekenweekgeschenk in 1989. VeenWilmink1976

In 1988, van der Veen won the

Zilveren Penseel The Gouden Griffel (Golden Stylus) is an award given to authors of children's or teenagers' literature in the Netherlands. History Since 1971, it is awarded each year during the Dutch Children's Books Week, by the Stichting Collectieve Prop ...

for his illustrations in Paul Biegel's book ''De rode prinses''. Biegel's book ''Laatste verhalen van de eeuw'', also illustrated by van der Veen, won the

Woutertje Pieterse Prijs The Woutertje Pieterse Prijs (Dutch for Woutertje Pieterse Prize) is an annual Dutch literary award for the best children's book of the preceding year. History The award was first given in 1988. The award is awarded annually in March or A ...

in 2000. Other books by Biegel that were illustrated by van der Veen include ''Japie en het zwarte spook'' (2002), ''Man en muis'' (2003) and ''De roep van de Kinkhoorn'' (2004).

Awards

* 1988:

(''De rode prinses'', written by

) * 1988: NIC Illustratie Jaarprijs (''De rode prinses'', written by Paul Biegel) * 1997: NIC Illustratie Jaarprijs (''De zwerftochten van Aeneas'', written by Paul Biegel)

References

External links

Personal website
(in Dutch)
Fiel van der Veen
(in Dutch),

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 ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Veen, Fiel van der 1945 births Living people Dutch children's book illustrators People from Nijmegen 20th-century Dutch male artists 21st-century Dutch people