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

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in Amsterdam. Until 1990 he was part-time teacher at the

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in The Hague. After graduating van Lieshout made drawings for the newspaper ''

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'' as well as magazines such as ''

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'' and ''Blauw Geruite Kiel'', the youth magazine of ''

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''. He also contributed to the television shows ''

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'' and ''

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''. He became a full-time writer in 1990.

Career

In 1995, he won the

Gouden 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 ...

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 The (German Youth Literature Award) is an annual award established in 1956 by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth to recognise outstanding works of children's and young adult literature. It is Germany's only ...

in 1999 for the German translation of the book, ''Bruder'', by

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. The book has been translated into numerous languages. In 2001, he won the

Nienke van Hichtum-prijs The Nienke van Hichtum-prijs (Dutch for Nienke van Hichtum Prize) is a biennial Dutch literary award for children's literature awarded by the Jan Campert-Stichting. The award is named after children's author Nienke van Hichtum and was first awar ...

for his book ''Zeer kleine liefde''. In 2009, he won the

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for his entire oeuvre. In 2012, he 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 ...

for his book ''Driedeling paard''. Van Lieshout was also nominated for this award in 2016 and 2018 for respectively the books ''Rond vierkant vierkant rond'' (2015) and ''Onder mijn matras de erwt'' (2017). He also received the

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 ...

award for this book. Van Lieshout was a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award twice. Van Lieshout's children's books have been illustrated by various illustrators, including

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Annemarie van Haeringen Annemarie van Haeringen (born 16 February 1959) is a Dutch illustrator. She won the Gouden Penseel award three times: in 1999, 2000 and 2005. She has illustrated books for numerous Dutch authors, including Tonke Dragt, Ted van Lieshout and B ...

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and

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. Van Lieshout also illustrated many of his books himself. Since 2012 he makes picture books with Philip Hopman: the books about 'Boer Boris', a little farmer boy.

Awards

* 1987:

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 ...

, ''Van verdriet kun je grappige hoedjes vouwen'' * 1989:

, ''De allerliefste jongen van de hele wereld'' * 1989:

, ''Och, ik elleboog me er wel doorheen'' * 1991:

, ''Ik ben een held'' * 1991:

, ''Mijn botjes zijn bekleed met deftig vel'' * 1994:

, ''Toen oma weg was'' * 1995:

''Begin een torentje van niks'' * 1997:

, ''Mijn tuin, mijn tuin'' * 1997: Zilveren Zoen, ''Gebr.'' * 1999:

, ''Bruder'' (German translation of ''Gebr.'' by

) * 2001:

, ''Zeer kleine liefde'' * 2006:

, ''Mama! Waar heb jij het geluk gelaten?'' * 2009:

, entire oeuvre * 2009:

, ''Spin op sokken'' * 2010:

, ''Ik wil een naam van chocola'' * 2010:

, ''Hou van mij'' * 2012:

, ''Vijf draken verslagen'' * 2012:

, ''Driedeling paard'' * 2012:

, ''Driedelig paard'' * 2014:

, ''Boer Boris in de sneeuw'' * 2016:

, ''Rond vierkant vierkant rond'' * 2019:

Boekensleutel The Boekensleutel is a Dutch literary award infrequently awarded by the Dutch organisation Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek. The Boekensleutel is awarded to books that stand out due to their genre, techniques used or for reasons tha ...

, ''Ze gaan er met je neus vandoor'' * 2021:

, ''De gemene moord op Muggemietje''

References

External links

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