Martijn van der Linden (born 1979) is a Dutch illustrator.
Martijn van der Linden | |
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| Born | 1979 (age 44–45) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Known for | Illustration |
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Career
editVan der Linden illustrated the book Stem op de okapi written by Edward van de Vendel and they both won the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs in 2016 for this work.[1][2] For this book he also received a Vlag en Wimpel award in 2016.
In 2017, van der Linden won the Gouden Penseel award for illustrating the book Tangramkat, written by his wife Maranke Rinck.[3] The book includes a seven-piece tangram puzzle which can be reorganised into pictures of various animals.[4] The illustrations in this book were also part of an exhibition in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam that year.[3] In 2018, he received a Vlag en Wimpel award for illustrating the book Van wie is die staart? written by Joukje Akveld.
In 2020, he donated a large part of his personal collection of illustrations to the Literatuurmuseum in The Hague, Netherlands.[5]
Van der Linden has illustrated books by numerous Dutch authors, including Carli Biessels, Benny Lindelauf, Jan Terlouw, Lieneke Dijkzeul and Dolf Verroen. Other authors include Bibi Dumon Tak, Paul van Loon and Annie M.G. Schmidt.[1]
Awards
edit- 2016: Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, Stem op de okapi
- 2016: Vlag en Wimpel, Stem op de okapi
- 2017: Gouden Penseel, Tangramkat
- 2018: Vlag en Wimpel, Van wie is die staart?
- 2020: Zilveren Griffel, Wat je moet doen als je over een nijlpaard struikelt
References
edit- ^ a b "Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 2016" (in Dutch). woutertjepieterseprijs.nl. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ de Veen, Thomas (16 May 2016). "Woutertje Pieterse Prijs voor Stem op de okapi" (in Dutch). nrc.nl. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ a b van der Veen, Thomas (20 September 2017). "Gouden Penseel voor Martijn van der Lindens 'Tangramkat'" (in Dutch). NRC. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Tangram Cat" (in Dutch). Nederlands Letterenfonds. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Unieke tentoonstelling werk tekenaar Martijn van der Linden". Voorburgs Dagblad (in Dutch). 21 October 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.