Max Velthuijs

Max Velthuijs
Max Velthuijs (1977)
Born(1923-05-22)22 May 1923
The Hague, Netherlands
Died25 January 2005(2005-01-25) (aged 81)
The Hague
OccupationPainter, illustrator and writer
NationalityDutch
GenreChildren's picture books

Max Velthuijs (22 May 1923 – 25 January 2005) was a Dutch painter, illustrator and writer, one of the most famous children's illustrators in the Netherlands. His works have been translated from Dutch into English, Finnish, French, Swedish, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Norwegian and Danish. In 2004 he received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his "lasting contribution to children's literature".

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