Siny van Iterson (5 October 1919 – 7 August 2018) was a Dutch children's writer, whose work was recognised with several awards, including Children's Book of the Year in 1968, a Gouden Griffel and a nomination for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
Van Iterson was born on Curaçao on 5 October 1919 to Dutch parents.
[1][2] She moved to the Netherlands at the age of two, but returned to Curaçao in 1947.
[3] She wrote exclusively in the Dutch language, although several titles have been translated into Danish, German and English.
[3] According to the scholar Ronald Jobe, van Iterson's novels showed a "contemporary view of rural Colombia" as well as providing "commentary on the poverty" found in the country.