Dolf Verroen

Dolf Verroen (born 20 November 1928) is a Dutch children's writer. He was born in Delft, Netherlands. Verroen made his debut in 1955 with the poetry collection In los verband. His first children's book Het boek van Jan-Kees was published in 1958. He won the Zilveren Griffel award four times.

In 1999 he became Ridder in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

In 2006 he won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for his book Wie schön weiß ich bin.

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Category:1928 births
Category:Living people
Category:Dutch children's writers
Category:People from Delft
Category:Writers from South Holland