Sjoerd Kuyper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sjoerd Kuyper

Dutch writer and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1952

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Profession: screenwriter, writer, children's writer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sjoerd Kuyper (Amsterdam, 6 March 1952) is a Dutch poetry and prose writer of adult, children's and youth books, theatre, TV series, film scripts and lyrics.
His best-known works are the film Het zakmes (The Pocket-knife), the series of books about the toddler Robin, the poem Mensen met koffers (People with Suitcases), the lyrics Hallo wereld (Hello World) and the youth novels Hotel De Grote L (The Big L hotel) and Bizar (Bizarre).
His books have been published in fifteen countries.
He has won, among other things, six Zilveren Griffels and a Gouden Griffel for Robin en God (Robin and God).
In 2012 he was awarded the Theo Thijssen Prijs for his entire oeuvre and in 2014 he was appointed Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau for his merits in Dutch literature at home and abroad.