The Theo Thijssen-prijsSometimes spelled ''Theo Thijssenprijs''. ( Dutch for Theo Thijssen Prize) is a Dutch

literary award A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...

awarded once every three years to a Dutch author of children's literature or young adult fiction. The award is not given for a particular work but for the entire oeuvre. The award is named after Dutch writer, teacher and socialist politician

Theo Thijssen Theodorus Johannes Thijssen (Amsterdam, 16 June 1879 – Amsterdam, 23 December 1943) was a Dutch writer, teacher and socialist politician. He is best known for the book ''Kees de Jongen''. Biography Theo Thijssen, the oldest child out of six, ...

. The Theo Thijssen-prijs is a continuation of the literary award ''Staatsprijs voor kinder- en jeugdliteratuur'' (Dutch for ''State prize for children's and youth literature'') which was first awarded in 1964. The award ceremony is held in the Dutch Museum of Literature in The Hague. The award is awarded by the Stichting P.C. Hooft-prijs voor Letterkunde.

Winners

Staatsprijs voor kinder- en jeugdliteratuur

* 1964:

Annie M. G. Schmidt Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt (20 May 1911 – 21 May 1995) was a Dutch writer. She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "delicious Dutch idiom," and considered o ...

* 1967: An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau * 1970: Miep Diekmann * 1973: Paul Biegel * 1976: Tonke Dragt * 1979: Guus Kuijer * 1982:

Henk Barnard Henk Barnard (8 August 1922, Rotterdam – 16 April 2003, Laren) was a Dutch writer of children's literature, journalist and television director. Career Between 1960 and 1962 Barnard worked as a television director for the television series ...

* 1985: Not awarded

Theo Thijssen-prijs

* 1988: Willem Wilmink * 1991: Wim Hofman * 1994: Els Pelgrom * 1997: Toon Tellegen * 2000: Joke van Leeuwen * 2003:

Imme Dros Imme Dros (born 26 September 1936, Oudeschild, Texel) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Life Dros grew up on the island of Texel. She studied Dutch in Amsterdam. There she met her husband Harrie Geelen, with whom she had three c ...

* 2006: Peter van Gestel * 2009: Ted van Lieshout * 2012: Sjoerd Kuyper * 2015: Martha Heesen * 2018: Bibi Dumon Tak * 2021: Daan Remmerts de Vries

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* Dutch literary awards Children's literary awards Dutch children's literature Awards established in 1988 1988 establishments in the Netherlands Literary awards honoring lifetime achievement {{lit-award-stub