Tjibbe Veldkamp (; born 19 October 1962) is a Dutch author of
children's books.
Veldkamp was born in
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
and studied psychology at the
University of Groningen. He became a scientist. In 1988 someone suggested that he write children's books. It wasn't until he read The Marzipan Piglet by Russel Hoban that he knew he wanted to do something similar. So, in 1990 he turned to writing children's books; his first book, ''Een ober van niks
utch'translated to "A Waiter from Nothing" , was published in 1992. He made this in collaboration with illustrator Philip Hopman. He also works with illustrator Kees De Boer.
Since then, he combines writing books with writing for the Dutch ''Donald Duck'' magazine. He's alsoi been a full-time writer and translator since 2001.
In 2009 he was awarded a
Silver Griffel for ''Tiffany Dop'', and in 2010 he was asked to produce the 2011
Kinderboekenweekgeschenk.
In 2012, he translated
Dav Pilkey's
Captain Underpants
''Captain Underpants'' is an illustrated children's novel series by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, a ...
series into Dutch.
De avonturen van Kapitein Onderbroek : een heroïsch avontuur (Book, 2012) [WorldCat.org]
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In 2024, the book ''De jongen die van de wereld hield (The Boy Who Loved the World)'' that Veldkamp created in collaboration with illustrator Mark Janssen was awarded the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs">Mark Janssen (illustrator)">Mark Janssen was awarded the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs.
Currently Tjibbe Veldkamp lives in Groningen.
See also
* List of publications during the Boekenweek
References
1962 births
Living people
Dutch children's writers
Writers from Groningen (city)
University of Groningen alumni
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