Koos Meinderts
{{short description|Dutch writer of children's literature}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Koos Meinderts
| image = Koos Meinderts (2005).jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|1|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands
| occupation = Writer
| language = Dutch
| awards = {{plainlist|
- {{Awards|award=Boekenleeuw|year=2016}}
- {{Awards|award=Gouden Griffel|year=2017}}
}}
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/cultuur-overig/4948328/koos-meinderts-wint-gouden-griffel-kinderboek-noorden.html|title=Koos Meinderts wint Gouden Griffel voor kinderboek Naar het Noorden|date=3 October 2017|publisher=NU.nl|accessdate=20 June 2019|archive-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620125450/https://www.nu.nl/cultuur-overig/4948328/koos-meinderts-wint-gouden-griffel-kinderboek-noorden.html|language=Dutch}}
In 2016, he won the Boekenleeuw for his book De zee zien.{{cite web|url=http://www.letterenfonds.nl/nl/entry/1485/koos-meinderts-wint-boekenleeuw|title=Koos Meinderts wint Boekenleeuw|date=8 November 2016|publisher=Nederlands Letterenfonds|accessdate=17 March 2019|archive-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317203811/http://www.letterenfonds.nl/nl/entry/1485/koos-meinderts-wint-boekenleeuw|language=Dutch|url-status=live}} In 2017, he won the Gouden Griffel for his book Naar het noorden.
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cpnb.nl/sites/default/files/cpnb_files/Kinderboekenweek%202019_Juryrapport%20Griffels%2C%20Penselen%20en%20Vlag%20%26%20Wimpels%202019%20def.pdf|title=Juryrapport - Griffels, Penselen en Vlag en Wimpels 2019|publisher=CPNB|accessdate=26 June 2019|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626164924/https://www.cpnb.nl/sites/default/files/cpnb_files/Kinderboekenweek%202019_Juryrapport%20Griffels%2C%20Penselen%20en%20Vlag%20%26%20Wimpels%202019%20def.pdf|language=Dutch}}
In 2019, his book De Club van Lelijke Kinderen (The Club of Ugly Children) was made into a movie by Jonathan Elbers.{{cite web |title=THE CLUB OF UGLY CHILDREN |url=https://www.betafilm.com/en/product/d/the-club-of-ugly-children.html |website=Beta Film |accessdate=9 March 2020}}
Awards
- 2003: Vlag en Wimpel, Keizer en de verhalenvader
- 2016: Boekenleeuw, De zee zien
- 2017: Zilveren Griffel, Naar het noorden
- 2017: Gouden Griffel, Naar het noorden
- 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
References
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External links
- [https://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=mein004 Koos Meinderts] (in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature
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Category:Dutch children's writers