Sjoerd Kuyper

Sjoerd Kuyper is a Dutch poet and author known for his work in adult, children, and young adult literature as well as his work in theatre, television series, screenplays and lyrics. His best-known works are the film The Pocket-knife, the series of books about the toddler Robin, the poem Mensen met koffers, the lyrics Hallo wereld and the youth novels Hotel De Grote L 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. In 2012 he was awarded the Theo Thijssen Prijs award for his entire oeuvre, and in 2014 he was appointed Officier in the Orde van Oranje-Nassau for his merits in Dutch literature at home and abroad.