Simon van der Geest

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

Simon van der Geest
Simon van der Geest (2015)
Born (1978-02-12) 12 February 1978
Gouda, Netherlands
OccupationWriter
LanguageDutch
Notable awards

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

References
  1. "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.
  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.
  3. "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.
  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.
  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.
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