Dolf Verroen
Dutch author, critic, translator, essayist
Dolf Verroen (born 20 November 1928) is a Dutch children's writer. He was born in Delft, Netherlands. Verroen made his debut in 1955 with the poetry collection In los verband.[1][2] His first children's book Het boek van Jan-Kees was published in 1958.[2][3] He won the Zilveren Griffel award four times.
In 1999 he became Ridder in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.[2]
In 2006 he won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for his book Wie schön weiß ich bin.
References
change- ↑ Nieuwenhuis, Roderick (16 December 2015). "Dolf Verroen (87) schrijft Kinderboekenweekgeschenk 2016" (in Dutch). NRC. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dolf Verroen" (in Dutch). Leopold. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ↑ Teeuwen-Opheij, Nel. "Dolf Verroen" (in Dutch). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.