Simon van der Geest

Simon van der Geest
Simon van der Geest
	Simon van der Geest (2015)
Born	12 February 1978 (age 47); Gouda, Netherlands
Occupation	Writer
Language	Dutch
Notable awards	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

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

Simon van der Geest (in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature

[nu_spinder-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[nrc_kinderboekenweekgeschenk-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[nu_dissus-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[volkskrant_jan_wolkers_spinder-4] "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[volkskrant_jan_wolkers-5] 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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