Gideon Samson (born 17 February 1985) is a Dutch writer of

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

Career

Samson made his debut as writer with the book ''Niks zeggen!''. He received the

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

award for this book in 2008. In March 2009, he published the book ''Ziek'' and he won the Zilveren Griffel award for this book, making him the youngest winner of this award. He also won the

award in 2017 for the book ''Eilanddagen'' and in 2018 for the book ''Alle dieren drijven''. In 2019, he won three awards for his book ''Zeb.'': the Zilveren Griffel,

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 Boekenweek, Dutch Children's Books Week, by the Collectieve Prop ...

and 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 ...

. His books have been published by the publisher

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Awards

* 2008:

, ''Niks zeggen!'' * 2010: Zilveren Griffel, ''Ziek'' * 2013: Zilveren Griffel, ''Zwarte zwaan'' * 2017:

, ''Eilanddagen'' * 2018:

, ''Alle dieren drijven'' * 2019: Zilveren Griffel, ''Zeb.'' * 2019:

, ''Zeb.'' * 2019:

, ''Zeb.''

References

External links

Gideon Samson
(in Dutch),

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Gideon Samson
(in Dutch), jeugdliteratuur.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Samson, Gideon 1985 births Living people Dutch children's writers 21st-century Dutch male writers Nienke van Hichtum Prize winners Gouden Griffel winners Writers from The Hague