Münchhausen-Prize for Herman van Veen

by thelowcountries 15. February 2012 11:25
It has been said that Herman van Veen (Utrecht, Netherlands, 1945) combines the wisdom of the court jester with the impertinence of the moralist.

He plays the violin, sings, writes, composes, directs, paints and is an activist for the Rights of the Child.

You can read about him in this article from The Low Countries Yearbook.

Van Veen made his theatrical debut in 1965 with the musical, clownish, solo program, Harlequin. Since then he has traveled all over the world, performing in four languages. He was the creator of Alfred Jodocus Kwak, a courageous little duck from Waterland who became world-famous thanks to a 52 episode television series.

To date he has recorded 175 CDs, 21 DVDs, some seventy-odd books, scenarios for, among others, the feature-length films, Uit Elkaar (Break-up) and Nachtvlinder (Night Butterfly) and for the music theatre productions Jukebox, De Kamerrevue (The Room Revue), Lune, The First Lady (together with Lori Spee), Chanson de Daniël (Daniëls Song), Mata Hari, Windekind (Child of the Wind), Een Dag in September (A Day in September) and Juliette.

He received numerous awards and prizes. I just want to name here the Edison Collected Work Award 2010 for his vast body of work and outstanding contributions to Dutch music.

And now there is this German Prize, named after the famous Baron von Münchausen, who as we know, pulled himself by the hair from the swamp. Noblesse oblige.

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Yearbook 'The Low Countries'

The Low Countries 

With The Low Countries, a yearbook founded by Jozef Deleu (Chief Editor from 1993 until 2002), Ons Erfdeel vzw aims to present to the world the culture and society of Flanders and the Netherlands

The Low Countries

 

Yearbook no. 20, 2012