Koos Meinderts (born 20 January 1953) is a

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writer of children's literature.

Career

Meinderts made his debut in 1983 with the children's book ''Mooi meegenomen''. In 2016, he won the

Boekenleeuw The Boekenleeuw is a Flemish literary award for the best book in children's literature by a Flemish author. History The ''Referendumprijs voor Vlaamse kinder- en jeugdboeken'' award was established in 1962. In 1986 this award was replaced b ...

for his book ''De zee zien''. In 2017, he won the

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

for his book ''Naar het noorden''. Meinderts won 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 three times: in 2003 for the book ''Keizer en de verhalenvader'', in 2018 for the book ''Dag poes!'' together with

Bette Westera Bette Westera (born 20 June 1958) is a Dutch children's writer. She has won numerous awards for her work. Career Westera made her debut as children's book author in 1999 with the book ''Wil je met me trouwen?'' Westera went on to win numerous ...

, Sjoerd Kuyper, Hans Hagen and Monique Hagen and in 2019 for the book ''De schelmenstreken van Reinaert de Vos''. In 2019, his book ''De Club van Lelijke Kinderen'' (''The Club of Ugly Children'') was made into a movie by Jonathan Elbers.

Awards

* 2003:

, ''Keizer en de verhalenvader'' * 2016:

, ''De zee zien'' * 2017:

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

, ''Naar het noorden'' * 2017:

, ''Naar het noorden'' * 2018:

, ''Dag poes!'' (with

, Sjoerd Kuyper, Hans Hagen, Monique Hagen) * 2019:

, ''De schelmenstreken van Reinaert de Vos''

References

External links

Koos Meinderts
(in Dutch),

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