Cornelis Johannes Kieviet | |
Birth Date: | 8 March 1858 |
Birth Place: | Hoofddorp, Netherlands |
Death Place: | Wassenaar, Netherlands |
Occupation: | Writer, illustrator |
Genre: | Children's picture books |
Notableworks: | Dik Trom |
Cornelis Johannes Kieviet (8 March 1858 - 12 August 1931) was a Dutch teacher and writer of children's literature.[1] He was born in Hoofddorp and is best known for his stories about a boy named Dik Trom.[2] A statue of Dik Trom sitting backwards on a donkey can be found in the main square in Hoofddorp.