Martijn van der Linden (born 1979) is a Dutch illustrator.

Career

Van der Linden illustrated the book ''Stem op de okapi'' written by

Edward van de Vendel Edward van de Vendel (born 1 August 1964) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Early life Van de Vendel was born in 1964 in Leerdam, Netherlands. He worked as a teacher for several years before becoming a full-time writer in 2001. Ca ...

and they both 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 2016 for this work. For this book he also received a

Vlag en Wimpel In the Netherlands, the award is an honourable mention awarded by either the jury of the Gouden Griffel, Gouden Griffel and Zilveren Griffel awards (for Dutch-language children's literature) or the jury of the Gouden Penseel, Gouden Penseel and ...

award in 2016. In 2017, van der Linden won the Gouden Penseel award for illustrating the book ''Tangramkat'', written by his wife Maranke Rinck. The book includes a seven-piece

tangram The tangram () is a dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat polygons, called ''tans'', which are put together to form shapes. The objective is to replicate a pattern (given only an outline) generally found in a puzzle book using all seven pie ...

puzzle which can be reorganised into pictures of various animals. The illustrations in this book were also part of an exhibition in the

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...

in Amsterdam that year. In 2018, he received a

award for illustrating the book ''Van wie is die staart?'' written by Joukje Akveld. In 2020, he donated a large part of his personal collection of illustrations to the Literatuurmuseum in The Hague, Netherlands. Van der Linden has illustrated books by numerous Dutch authors, including Carli Biessels,

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, Lieneke Dijkzeul and

Dolf Verroen Dolf Verroen (born 20 November 1928) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Career Early in his career, he worked for the newspaper ''Het Vrije Volk''. Verroen made his debut in 1955 with the poetry collection ''In los verband''. His fir ...

. Other authors include

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 koeienboe ...

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and Annie M.G. Schmidt.

Awards

* 2016:

, ''Stem op de okapi'' * 2016:

, ''Stem op de okapi'' * 2017: Gouden Penseel, ''Tangramkat'' * 2018:

, ''Van wie is die staart?'' * 2020:

Zilveren Griffel 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 ...

, ''Wat je moet doen als je over een nijlpaard struikelt''

References

External links

Martijn van der Linden

Nederlands Letterenfonds The Nederlands Letterenfonds ("Dutch Foundation for Literature") is a Dutch organization that promotes Dutch literature at home and abroad. The Letterenfonds represents Dutch authors at such events as the Frankfurt Book Fair, and awards a number of ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Linden, Martijn van der 1979 births Living people Dutch children's book illustrators Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners Gouden Penseel winners 21st-century Dutch people