Peter van Straaten facts for kids
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Peter van Straaten
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| Born | 25 March 1935 Arnhem, Netherlands
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| Died | 8 December 2016 (aged 81) Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| Nationality | Dutch |
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| Years active | 1958–2016 |
| Known for | Vader & Zoon |
Peter van Straaten (25 March 1935 – 8 December 2016) was a Dutch cartoonist and comics artist. He is best known for his political cartoons as well as his satirical observations of everyday people. He also had a newspaper comic strip Vader & Zoon, which ran in Het Parool for almost two decades.
Biography
Van Straaten was born in Arnhem in the Netherlands on 25 March 1935. His elder brother Gerard also became a well-known illustrator. Van Straaten studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and started his career on 26 July 1958 for the Dutch newspaper Het Parool, where he illustrated news reports. Later he also drew political cartoons. From 1968 to 1987 he published a daily comic strip, Vader & Zoon (Father and Son), which became a huge success and inspired a television series.
Later life and death
In February 2012, Van Straaten announced that he was no longer drawing cartoons for Het Parool. Two years later, in July 2014, he also cancelled his weekly cartoon for Vrij Nederland. He announced his retirement on 2 August 2016 and died four months later on 8 December in Amsterdam, at the age of 81.
Awards
He won the 1983 Stripschapprijs and also won the Inktspotprijs five times, in 1994, 1997, 2003, 2011 and 2016. In 2006, he received the Gouden Ganzenveer, in 2009 he was appointed a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion and in 2010 he won the Jacobus van Looyprijs. He received an honorary doctorate from Leiden University in 2011.
