Daan Remmerts de Vries

Dutch writer and illustrator (born 1962)

Gouden Griffel
2003
2010

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

1997: Vlag en Wimpel, Mijn tuin, mijn tuin (written by Ted van Lieshout)^[1]
2000: Vlag en Wimpel, Willis^[1]
2003: Gouden Griffel, Godje^[1]^[2]
2005: Zilveren Griffel, De Noordenwindheks^[1]
2009: Vlag en Wimpel, Bernie King en de magische cirkels^[1]
2010: Gouden Griffel, Voordat jij er was^[2]
2015: Zilveren Griffel, Soms laat ik je even achter^[3]
2017: Zilveren Griffel, T.rex Trix in Naturalis^[4]
2018: Vlag en Wimpel, De cycloop
2021: Theo Thijssen-prijs, entire oeuvre

References

^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ "Theo Thijssen-prijs voor Daan Remmerts de Vries". Letterenfonds (in Dutch). 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.