''Het Zakmes'' is a children's novel by Dutch writer

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 serie ...

. It was first published in 1981. The novel is about a young boy called Mees who has difficulty returning a penknife to his friend in another town. The 1992 film based on the novel, '' The Pocket-knife'', won several awards including the

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. A television series based on the book won an International Emmy Award for children's programming in 1993.International Emmy Awards – Previous Winners
. Translated as ''The Penknife''

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1981 novels 1981 children's books Dutch children's novels Dutch novels adapted into films Children's books set in the Netherlands Novels set in the Netherlands {{1980s-child-novel-stub