Fiel van der Veen explained

Fiel van der Veen
Birth Name:	Theophile M. van der Veen
Birth Date:	1945 2, df=y
Birth Place:	Nijmegen
Nationality:	Dutch
Field:	Illustration

Fiel van der Veen (born 18 February 1945, Nijmegen) is a Dutch illustrator.

Career

Van der Veen has illustrated books by various Dutch authors, including Paul Biegel, Jan Terlouw and Willem Wilmink.

In 1974, Van der Veen illustrated the book 2 is te veel by Henk Barnard, the Kinderboekenweekgeschenk on the occasion of the Boekenweek. Van der Veen also illustrated Paul Biegel's book Het eiland daarginds which was the Kinderboekenweekgeschenk in 1989.^[1] In 1988, van der Veen won the Zilveren Penseel for his illustrations in Paul Biegel's book De rode prinses.^[2] Biegel's book Laatste verhalen van de eeuw, also illustrated by van der Veen, won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs in 2000.^{[3] [2]} Other books by Biegel that were illustrated by van der Veen include Japie en het zwarte spook (2002), Man en muis (2003) and De roep van de Kinkhoorn (2004).

Awards

• 1988: Zilveren Penseel (De rode prinses, written by Paul Biegel)
• 1988: NIC Illustratie Jaarprijs (De rode prinses, written by Paul Biegel)
• 1997: NIC Illustratie Jaarprijs (De zwerftochten van Aeneas, written by Paul Biegel)

External links

• Personal website (in Dutch)
• Fiel van der Veen (in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bibliofiel van het zuiverste water - Lieke van Duin in gesprek met Fiel van der Veen. Literatuur zonder leeftijd. Jaargang 7 - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. 23 March 2019. 23 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323172436/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_lit004199301_01/_lit004199301_01_0051.php. Dutch.
2. Web site: Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982-2014) - Fiel van der Veen. Digital Library for Dutch Literature. 23 March 2019. 23 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323170331/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/coil001lexi01_01/lvdj01022.php. Dutch.
3. Web site: Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2000. woutertjepieterseprijs.nl. 16 January 2019. 16 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190116230347/https://woutertjepieterseprijs.nl/deelnemers/woutertje-pieterse-prijs-2000/. Dutch.