Simon van der Geest

Dutch writer and poet

Gouden Griffel
2011
2013

Simon van der Geest (born 12 February 1978) is a Dutch writer and poet.

Career

Van der Geest made his debut as children's writer in 2009 with the book Geel Gras.^[1]^[2]

He won the Gouden Griffel award twice: in 2011 for his book Dissus and in 2013 for his book Spinder.^[1]^[2]^[3] He also won the Jan Wolkers Prijs 2013 for the book Spinder.^[4]^[5]

In 2015, he published the book Per ongelukt!, the Kinderboekenweekgeschenk published during the Kinderboekenweek of 2015.^[2]

Awards

2011: Gouden Griffel, Dissus^[3]
2013: Gouden Griffel, Spinder^[1]
2016: Vlag en Wimpel, Spijkerzwijgen

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Simon van der Geest wint Gouden Griffel met Spinder" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 1 October 2013. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c de Veen, Thomas (27 October 2014). "Simon van der Geest schrijft Kinderboekenweekgeschenk 2015" (in Dutch). NRC.nl. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Simon van der Geest wint Gouden Griffel 2011" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 4 October 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ "Jan Wolkers Prijs voor Simon van der Geest" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 28 October 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ Janssen, Caspar (16 October 2014). "Uitreiking Jan Wolkers Prijs wordt een waar feest" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.