Daan Remmerts de Vries

Daan Remmerts de Vries
Daan Remmerts de Vries (2016)
Daan Remmerts de Vries (2016)
Born (1962-04-05) 5 April 1962 (age 62)
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
OccupationWriter, illustrator
LanguageDutch
Notable awards

Daan Remmerts de Vries (born 5 April 1962) is a Dutch writer and illustrator.

Career

Remmerts de Vries made his debut in 1990 with Zippy en Slos, a collection of short stories.[1]

He won the Gouden Griffel award twice: in 2003, for his book Godje and, in 2010, for his book Voordat jij er was.[2] He also won the Zilveren Griffel award in 2015 for Soms laat ik je even achter and in 2017 for T.rex Trix in Naturalis.[3][4]

In 2021, he won the Theo Thijssen-prijs for his entire oeuvre.[5]

Remmerts de Vries has illustrated books written by several authors, including Ted van Lieshout, Sjoerd Kuyper and Francine Oomen.[1] He has also illustrated many of his own books.[1]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Linders, Joke. "Daan Remmerts de Vries" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Gouden Griffel voor Voordat jij er was" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Zilveren Griffel voor negen kinderboeken" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Zilveren Griffel voor beste kinderboeken uitgereikt" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Theo Thijssen-prijs voor Daan Remmerts de Vries". Letterenfonds (in Dutch). 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.