Koos Meinderts Explained
| Koos Meinderts |
| Birth Date: | 20 January 1953 |
| Birth Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Language: | Dutch |
| Awards: | |
Koos Meinderts (born 20 January 1953) is a Dutch writer of children's literature.
Career
Meinderts made his debut in 1983 with the children's book Mooi meegenomen.[1]
In 2016, he won the Boekenleeuw for his book De zee zien.[2] In 2017, he won the Gouden Griffel for his book Naar het noorden.[1]
Meinderts won the Vlag en Wimpel award three times: in 2003 for the book Keizer en de verhalenvader, in 2018 for the book Dag poes! together with Bette Westera, Sjoerd Kuyper, Hans Hagen and Monique Hagen and in 2019 for the book De schelmenstreken van Reinaert de Vos.[3]
In 2019, his book De Club van Lelijke Kinderen (The Club of Ugly Children) was made into a movie by Jonathan Elbers.[4]
Awards
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Koos Meinderts wint Gouden Griffel voor kinderboek Naar het Noorden. 3 October 2017. NU.nl. 20 June 2019. 20 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190620125450/https://www.nu.nl/cultuur-overig/4948328/koos-meinderts-wint-gouden-griffel-kinderboek-noorden.html. Dutch.
- Web site: Koos Meinderts wint Boekenleeuw. 8 November 2016. Nederlands Letterenfonds. 17 March 2019. 17 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190317203811/http://www.letterenfonds.nl/nl/entry/1485/koos-meinderts-wint-boekenleeuw. Dutch. live.
- Web site: Juryrapport - Griffels, Penselen en Vlag en Wimpels 2019. CPNB. 26 June 2019. 26 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626164924/https://www.cpnb.nl/sites/default/files/cpnb_files/Kinderboekenweek%202019_Juryrapport%20Griffels%2C%20Penselen%20en%20Vlag%20%26%20Wimpels%202019%20def.pdf. Dutch.
- Web site: THE CLUB OF UGLY CHILDREN . Beta Film . 9 March 2020.
