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    The Gouden Griffel (Golden Stylus) is an award given to authors of children's or teenagers' literature in the Netherlands. Since 1971, it is awarded each...
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    Els Pelgrom (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    children's literature. Pelgrom is the only author to have received the Gouden Griffel award three times.[update] For some time she worked on the children's...
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    Anna Woltz (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    year later, Woltz received the Gouden Griffel award for her book Gips (2015). Woltz also received the Zilveren Griffel award in 2016 for Gips and in 2017...
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  • Bibi Dumon Tak (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    the life of Laika, the first animal in space. In 2012, she won the Gouden Griffel award for her book Winterdieren. Several of Dumon Tak's books have been...
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  • Harriët van Reek (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    Lena for which she was awarded the Gouden Griffel award a year later. The decision to award her the Gouden Griffel for this book was criticised. She also...
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    Jan Paul Schutten (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    He also won his second Gouden Griffel award for this book in 2014. The book was illustrated by Floor Rieder who won the Gouden Penseel award for her illustrations...
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    Bette Westera (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    Westera went on to win numerous awards for her work, including the Gouden Griffel and the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs in 2015 for her poetry collection Doodgewoon...
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    Annet Schaap (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    the Nienke van Hichtum-prijs, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs and the Gouden Griffel. Schaap is the first author to win the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs with...
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    Daan Remmerts de Vries (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    won the Gouden Griffel award twice: in 2003, for his book Godje and, in 2010, for his book Voordat jij er was. He also won the Zilveren Griffel award in...
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    Veronica Hazelhoff (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    debut in 1981 with the book Nou moe! She won the Gouden Ezelsoor award as well as the Zilveren Griffel award for this book. Hazelhoff's first three books...
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    Karel Eykman (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    He won the Zilveren Griffel award in 1975 for his book De vreselijk verlegen vogelverschrikker. In 1984, he won the Gouden Griffel award for his book Liefdesverdriet...
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    Gideon Samson (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    In 2019, he won three awards for his book Zeb.: the Zilveren Griffel, Gouden Griffel and the Nienke van Hichtum-prijs. His books have been published...
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    Koos Meinderts (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    he won the Boekenleeuw for his book De zee zien. In 2017, he won the Gouden Griffel for his book Naar het noorden. Meinderts won the Vlag en Wimpel award...
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    Simon van der Geest (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    2015. 2011: Gouden Griffel, Dissus 2013: Gouden Griffel, Spinder 2016: Vlag en Wimpel, Spijkerzwijgen "Simon van der Geest wint Gouden Griffel met Spinder"...
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    Henk Barnard (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    Da (1972) for which he received the Gouden Griffel award a year later. Barnard was also awarded the Gouden Griffel for his book Kon Hesi Baka / Kom gauw...
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    Jaap ter Haar (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    Hichtum-prijs in 1972 for his book Geschiedenis van de Lage Landen. He won the Gouden Griffel award for his book Het wereldje van Beer Ligthart. In 1976 he won the...
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    Max Velthuijs (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    Max Velthuijs (22 May 1923 – 25 January 2005) was a Dutch painter, illustrator and writer, one of the most famous children's illustrators in the Netherlands...
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  • André Sollie (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    published the children's book Wachten op Matroos. They both won the Gouden Griffel award a year later for this book. The English translation of the book...
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    Ted van Lieshout (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    Sesamstraat. He became a full-time writer in 1990. In 1995, he won the Gouden Griffel award for his book Begin een torentje van niks. This was the first time...
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    Thea Beckman (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    a 1973 children's time travel novel for which she was awarded the Gouden Griffel. The book describes a children's crusade in 1212 and was adapted into...
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  • with several awards, including Children's Book of the Year in 1968, a Gouden Griffel and a Hans Christian Andersen Award. Van Iterson was born on Curaçao...
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  • Alice Hoogstad (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    literature, best known for her book Monsterboek (2014) for which she won the Gouden Griffel and the Zilveren Penseel awards in 2015. A graduate of the Academie...
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    Wim Hofman (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    The book was awarded the highest prize for Dutch children books, the Gouden Griffel. This book was published in 1998 and its title translates to "Black...
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  • Guus Kuijer, published in 2004 by Querido. The book was awarded the Gouden Griffel literary award in 2005. The English translation was published in 2006...
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    Guus Kuijer (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    jeugdliteratuur 1979 – Gouden Griffel for Krassen in het tafelblad 1984 – Zilveren Griffel for Eend voor eend 1988 – Zilveren Griffel for Tin Toeval en de...
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  • Ingrid Godon (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    een punker by Maria Heylen. In 2001, Godon and André Sollie won the Gouden Griffel award for their book Wachten op Matroos (2000). She also won a Vlag...
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    Paul Biegel (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    book, De gouden gitaar, in 1962. He became one of the most important Dutch writers for children in 1965, when he received the Gouden Griffel for Het sleutelkruid...
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    Jan Terlouw (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    Fiel van der Veen.[citation needed] 1972 Gouden Griffel for the novel How to Become King 1973 Gouden Griffel for the novel Winter in Wartime 1990 Prize...
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    Peter van Gestel (category Gouden Griffel winners)
    book Winterijs he won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2002 as well as the Gouden Griffel 2002 award and the Nienke van Hichtum-prijs 2003. He became the first...
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  • book of the Year, the predecessor of the Gouden Griffel) for De brief voor de koning 2004: Griffel der Griffels for De brief voor de koning (award for the...
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