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

Daan Remmerts de Vries
Daan Remmerts de Vries (2016)
Born	(1962-04-05) 5 April 1962 (age 60) Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Occupation	Writer, illustrator
Language	Dutch
Notable awards	Gouden Griffel 2003 2010

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

External links

• Daan Remmerts de Vries (in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature

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