Martijn van der Linden (born 1979) is a Dutch illustrator.

Career

Van der Linden illustrated the book ''Stem op de okapi'' written by

Edward van de Vendel Edward van de Vendel (born 1 August 1964) is a Dutch teacher, author, poet and writer of children's literature. Early life Van de Vendel was born in 1964 in Leerdam Leerdam () is a city and former municipality in the western Netherlands, ...

and they both won the

Woutertje Pieterse Prijs The Woutertje Pieterse Prijs (; Dutch language, Dutch for Woutertje Pieterse Prize) is an annual Dutch literary award for the best Children's literature, children's book of the preceding year. History The award was first given in 1988. The ...

in 2016 for this work. For this book he also received a

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 in 2016. In 2017, van der Linden won the Gouden Penseel award for illustrating the book ''Tangramkat'', written by his wife Maranke Rinck. The book includes a seven-piece

tangram The tangram () is a dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat polygons, called ''tans'', which are put together to form shapes. The objective is to replicate a pattern (given only an outline) generally found in a puzzle book using all seven pi ...

puzzle which can be reorganised into pictures of various animals. The illustrations in this book were also part of an exhibition in the

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the S ...

in Amsterdam that year. In 2018, he received a

award for illustrating the book ''Van wie is die staart?'' written by Joukje Akveld. In 2020, he donated a large part of his personal collection of illustrations to the

Literatuurmuseum The KB National Library of the Netherlands (legal Dutch name: Koninklijke Bibliotheek or KB ; ''Royal Library'') is the national library of the Netherlands, based in The Hague, founded in 1798. The KB collects everything that is published in ...

in The Hague, Netherlands. Van der Linden has illustrated books by numerous Dutch authors, including Carli Biessels, Benny Lindelauf, Jan Terlouw, Lieneke Dijkzeul and

Dolf Verroen Dolf Verroen (born 20 November 1928) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. He won the Gouden Griffel, Zilveren Griffel award five times. Career Early in his career, he worked for the newspaper ''Het Vrije Volk''. Verroen made his debut ...

. Other authors include Bibi Dumon Tak, Paul van Loon and Annie M.G. Schmidt.

Awards

* 2016:

, ''Stem op de okapi'' * 2016:

, ''Stem op de okapi'' * 2017: Gouden Penseel, ''Tangramkat'' * 2018:

, ''Van wie is die staart?'' * 2020: Zilveren Griffel, ''Wat je moet doen als je over een nijlpaard struikelt''

References

External links

Martijn van der Linden

Nederlands Letterenfonds The Nederlands Letterenfonds ("Dutch Foundation for Literature") is a Dutch organization that promotes Dutch literature at home and abroad. The Letterenfonds represents Dutch authors at such events as the Frankfurt Book Fair The Frankfurt Boo ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Linden, Martijn van der 1979 births Living people Dutch children's book illustrators Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners Gouden Penseel winners 21st-century Dutch people