Daan Remmerts de Vries | |
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Daan Remmerts de Vries (2016) | |
| Born | (1962-04-05) 5 April 1962 |
| Occupation | Writer, illustrator |
| Language | Dutch |
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Daan Remmerts de Vries (born 5 April 1962) is a Dutch writer and illustrator.
Remmerts de Vries made his debut in 1990 with Zippy en Slos, a collection of short stories.[1]
He won the Gouden Griffel award twice: in 2003, for his book Godje and, in 2010, for his book Voordat jij er was.[2] He also won the Zilveren Griffel award in 2015 for Soms laat ik je even achter and in 2017 for T.rex Trix in Naturalis.[3][4]
In 2021, he won the Theo Thijssen-prijs for his entire oeuvre.[5]
Remmerts de Vries has illustrated books written by several authors, including Ted van Lieshout, Sjoerd Kuyper and Francine Oomen.[1] He has also illustrated many of his own books.[1]