Harry Bannink was a Dutch composer, arranger and pianist. He wrote over 3,000 songs.
Sesamstraat is a Dutch television series in the Netherlands, and a localized version of the U.S. children's program Sesame Street. In its early days, the show was broadcast in Flanders (Belgium) as well. It is the second longest-running foreign adaptation of Sesame Street without interruptions, behind only Sesamstraße. It targets children between 3–7 years old.
The University of Harderwijk (1648–1811), also named the Guelders Academy, was located in the city of Harderwijk, in the Republic of the United Provinces. It was founded by the province of Guelders (Gelre).
Willem Wilmink was a Dutch poet and writer. He was best known for the large number of songs he wrote for popular children programs and his accessible, straightforward poetry.
Aart Staartjes was a Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker from Amsterdam. He portrayed Meneer Aart on Sesamstraat, the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street. The character was used in the title of his 2002 biography Meneer Aart: Leven en werken van de man die geen kindervriend wil heten.
Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt was a Dutch writer. She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "delicious Dutch idiom," and considered one of the greatest Dutch writers. An ultimate honour was extended to her posthumously, in 2007, when a group of Dutch historians compiled the "Canon of the Netherlands" and included Schmidt, alongside national icons such as Vincent van Gogh and Anne Frank.
Jan Boerstoel is a Dutch writer and poet who is perhaps best known for his song texts, especially for cabaret. He lives in Amsterdam. His poetry is melancholy, but often humorous as well. In his songs, Boerstoel frequently criticizes society. Many of his lyrics have been used by well-known Dutch artists such as Karin Bloemen, Martine Bijl, and Youp van 't Hek.
Louisa Johanna Theodora "Wieteke" van Dort was a Dutch actress, comedian, singer, writer and artist of Indo descent. On 29 April 1999, Queen Beatrix appointed her Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Pinkeltje is a fictional character from the eponymous children's book series by the Dutch writer Dick Laan. Pinkeltje is a white-bearded gnome and wears a pointed hat and is as big as a pinky finger, hence its name, meaning "fingerling" in Dutch. Twenty-nine books were published in a series between 1939 and 1977. The last four volumes appeared posthumously. A successful film was also released with the same title and based on the books.
Pinkeltje is a 1978 Dutch film directed by Harrie Geelen. The movie is based on the books of Dutch writer Dick Laan about the fictional character Pinkeltje.
Naima El Bezaz was a Moroccan-Dutch writer, who also gave lectures and wrote stories, essays and columns.
Dick Laan was a Dutch children's writer and film pioneer. He is best known for his Pinkeltje series of children's books.
Joseph Jules Thomas Prinsen is a Dutch actor, television presenter, singer and writer. He performed in the popular Dutch television programmes De stratemakeropzeeshow, Het Klokhuis, and De Zevensprong, and he also presented the quiz show Met het mes op tafel. He was invested as an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2004.
Wim van Norden was a Dutch journalist. He was one of the founders of the resistance paper Het Parool during World War II. He was jailed for six months by the Germans in 1942 but was later released due to lack of evidence for his involvement with Het Parool. Van Norden was active in the resistance for the remainder of the war. After the war he became director of the newspaper and although he originally planned to serve for only several months he kept his function until 1979. Van Norden was responsible for the founding of the publishing company Perscombinatie in which three newspapers worked together.
Bernard Gerrit "Burny" Bos was a Dutch film producer, screenwriter and children's book writer. He also worked as an actor in children's programs on radio and television.
Events from the year 2020 in the Netherlands.
J. J. de Bom, voorheen de Kindervriend was a Dutch television show that ran for three seasons, from 1979 to 1981. It was aired by Omroepvereniging VARA. The show was the creation of Aart Staartjes, Wieteke van Dort, and Joost Prinsen, with songs and poetry written by the writers' collective of Willem Wilmink, Karel Eykman, and Hans Dorrestijn. The show, which continued an earlier show by the same actors and writers, was one of the groundbreaking programs on Dutch television in choosing the perspective of children and paying attention to real-life problems faced by young people.
Lucille Martine Werner is a Dutch television presenter and politician. She is best known for hosting close to 2,000 episodes of the word game show Lingo in the years 2005–14.
Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg was a Dutch stage actress of the 19th and 20th centuries. She began acting on stage in 1897 and did it professionally from 1901. Royaards-Sandberg worked for the Royal Dutch Theater Association, the Het Masker, the Amsterdam Theater Company, the Dutch Comedy, Theater, Ensemble and the Amsterdam Toneel companies.
Jurriaan Willem Schrofer was a Dutch sculptor, graphic designer, type designer, and art school educator.
