Daan Remmerts de Vries explained

Daan Remmerts de Vries
Birth Date:	5 April 1962
Birth Place:	Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Occupation:	Writer, illustrator
Language:	Dutch
Awards:

Daan Remmerts de Vries (born 5 April 1962) is a Dutch writer and illustrator.

Career

Remmerts de Vries made his debut in 1990 with Zippy en Slos, a collection of short stories.^[1]

He won the Gouden Griffel award twice: in 2003, for his book Godje and, in 2010, for his book Voordat jij er was.^[2] He also won the Zilveren Griffel award in 2015 for Soms laat ik je even achter and in 2017 for T.rex Trix in Naturalis.^{[3] [4]}

In 2021, he won the Theo Thijssen-prijs for his entire oeuvre.^[5]

Remmerts de Vries has illustrated books written by several authors, including Ted van Lieshout, Sjoerd Kuyper and Francine Oomen.^[1] He has also illustrated many of his own books.^[1]

Awards

• 1997: Vlag en Wimpel, Mijn tuin, mijn tuin (written by Ted van Lieshout)^[1]
• 2000: Vlag en Wimpel, Willis^[1]
• 2003: Gouden Griffel, Godje^{[1] [2]}
• 2005: Zilveren Griffel, De Noordenwindheks^[1]
• 2009: Vlag en Wimpel, Bernie King en de magische cirkels^[1]
• 2010: Gouden Griffel, Voordat jij er was^[2]
• 2015: Zilveren Griffel, Soms laat ik je even achter^[3]
• 2017: Zilveren Griffel, T.rex Trix in Naturalis^[4]
• 2018: Vlag en Wimpel, De cycloop
• 2021: Theo Thijssen-prijs, entire oeuvre

External links

• Daan Remmerts de Vries (in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Daan Remmerts de Vries. Joke. Linders. Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. 21 June 2019. 21 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190621075754/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/coil001lexi01_01/lvdj00820.php. Dutch. live.
2. Web site: Gouden Griffel voor Voordat jij er was. 5 October 2010. NU.nl. 20 June 2019. 20 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190620175412/https://www.nu.nl/boek/2349609/gouden-griffel-voordat-jij-er-was.html. Dutch. live.
3. Web site: Zilveren Griffel voor negen kinderboeken. 24 June 2015. NU.nl. 20 June 2019. 20 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190620180003/https://www.nu.nl/cultuur-overig/4074894/zilveren-griffel-negen-kinderboeken.html. Dutch. live.
4. Web site: Zilveren Griffel voor beste kinderboeken uitgereikt. 21 June 2017. NU.nl. 20 June 2019. 20 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190620175627/https://www.nu.nl/cultuur-overig/4784544/zilveren-griffel-beste-kinderboeken-uitgereikt.html. Dutch. live.
5. News: 7 April 2021. Theo Thijssen-prijs voor Daan Remmerts de Vries. Letterenfonds. 7 January 2022. Dutch.