Dik Trom

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Dik Trom

Statue of Dik Trom, riding a donkey backwards, a classic depiction of Dik Trom (artist: Nico Onkenhout)
Author	Cornelis Johannes Kieviet
Country	Netherlands
Genre	Children's literature
Media type	Print, audiobook

Dik Trom is a series of Dutch children's books by Cornelis Johannes Kieviet, centered on the character Dik Trom (a mischievous oversized Dutch boy). The series is well regarded as a classic in its home country.

Books[]

• 1891 Uit het leven van Dik Trom. Valkhoff & Co.
• 1907 De zoon van Dik Trom. Valkhoff & Co.
• 1912 Toen Dik Trom een jongen was. Kluitman.
• 1920 Dik Trom en zijn dorpsgenoten . Kluitman.
• 1923 Het tweede boek van Dik Trom en zijn dorpsgenoten. Kluitman.
• 1931 De avonturen van Dik Trom. Kluitman.
• 2016 The Wild Adventures of Dik Trom.

Film adaptations[]

Several Dutch movies were made based on the books:

• 1937 Uit het leven van Dik Trom
• 1947 Dik Trom en zijn dorpsgenoten
• 1958 De Nieuwe Avonturen van Dik Trom
• 1960 Dik Trom en het circus
• 1972 Dik Trom en zijn dorpsgenoten
• 1974 Dik Trom knapt het op
• 1976 Dik Trom weet raad
• 2010 Dik Trom

Comic book adaptation[]

Dick Matena also adapted the novel into a comic book album.^[1]

Sources[]

External links[]

• (in Dutch) Uit het leven van Dik Trom E-book at Project Gutenberg
• (in Dutch) De Zoon van Dik Trom E-book at Project Gutenberg
• (in Dutch) Dik Trom statues
• (in Dutch) Librivox: Dik Trom audio books
• (in Dutch) Official site of the 2010 Dick Trom movie

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