Max Velthuijs

Dutch author, lithographer, pen painter, illustrator, academy lecturer, graphic designer, graphic artist, children's book writer (1923-2005) · Netherlands · On the map · Writers · Died at 81

Max Velthuijs 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.

Max Velthuijs is read about 18 times a day, in 11 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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2005Died25 January 20052004Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustrationAward1997Golden PaintbrushAward1995Kiddo LeespluimAward1994Edgar du Perron PrizeAward1993Golden PaintbrushAwardZilveren GriffelAward1992Gouden GriffelAwardSilver BrushAward1986Golden PaintbrushAward1977Golden PaintbrushAward1923Born22 May 1923

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