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".