Koos Meinderts

Dutch writer of children's literature

Boekenleeuw
2016
Gouden Griffel
2017

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

2003: Vlag en Wimpel, Keizer en de verhalenvader
2016: Boekenleeuw, De zee zien^[2]
2017: Zilveren Griffel, Naar het noorden^[1]
2017: Gouden Griffel, Naar het noorden^[1]
2018: Vlag en Wimpel, Dag poes! (with Bette Westera, Sjoerd Kuyper, Hans Hagen, Monique Hagen)
2019: Vlag en Wimpel, De schelmenstreken van Reinaert de Vos^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Koos Meinderts wint Gouden Griffel voor kinderboek Naar het Noorden" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 3 October 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Koos Meinderts wint Boekenleeuw" (in Dutch). Nederlands Letterenfonds. 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Juryrapport - Griffels, Penselen en Vlag en Wimpels 2019" (PDF) (in Dutch). CPNB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ "THE CLUB OF UGLY CHILDREN". Beta Film. Retrieved 9 March 2020.