Toin Duijx

A.W.M. "Toin" Duijx  (1956 – 16 February 2025) was a Dutch children's book reviewer.

Biography
Duijx was born in 1956. He lived in Amsterdam. He was an honorary member of the International Youth Library in Munich; the largest library of childrens books worldwide. Buijx helped to keep the collection of Dutch, Flemish and Frisian books up to date and organized multiple international activities. He was also a jury member for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. For the International Board on Books for Young People he was secretary and treasurer in the Netherlands and became "honorary member" in 2020. He was also supported by the Nederlands Letterenfonds and was affiliated with the Tilburg University and Leiden University. Duijx was Knight in de Order of Orange Nassau due to his work for Childrens Literature. Duijx won the  in 2001.

After being ill, Duijx died in Leuven, Belgium on 16 February 2025, at the age of 68.

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Category:Dutch writers
Category:1956 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:People from Nijmegen