Dolf Verroen

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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

  1. Nieuwenhuis, Roderick (16 December 2015). "Dolf Verroen (87) schrijft Kinderboekenweekgeschenk 2016" (in Nederlands). NRC. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dolf Verroen" (in Nederlands). Leopold. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. Teeuwen-Opheij, Nel. "Dolf Verroen" (in Nederlands). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982 - 2014) - Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.