Koos Meinderts


Koos Meinderts is a Dutch writer of children's literature.

Career

Meinderts made his debut in 1983 with the children's book Mooi meegenomen.
In 2016 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 three times: in 2003 for the book Keizer en de verhalenvader, in 2018 for the book Dag poes! together with Bette Westera, Sjoerd Kuyper, Hans Hagen and Monique Hagen and in 2019 for the book De schelmenstreken van Reinaert de Vos.
In 2019, his book De Club van Lelijke Kinderen was made into a movie by Jonathan Elbers.

Awards