1. Anthonie "Anton" Koolhaas was a Dutch journalist, novelist, and scenario writer.
10 Facts About Anton Koolhaas
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Anthonie Koolhaas was born on 16 November 1912 in Utrecht, Netherlands.
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Anton Koolhaas was the son of Teunis Koolhaas and Trijntje de Boer, and he had two elder brothers and an elder sister.
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Anton Koolhaas grew up in Utrecht, where the Remonstrant family lived.
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Anton Koolhaas had little connection with the members of his family and he developed a rich imagination.
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Anton Koolhaas wrote his first play at the age of seven.
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Anton Koolhaas wrote the scenario of the Academy Award-nominated films Everyman and Ape and Super-Ape, both directed by Bert Haanstra.
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Anton Koolhaas is the father of architect Rem Koolhaas.
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Anton Koolhaas won the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his complete works in 1989 and the P C Hooft Award, a literary oeuvre award, in 1992.
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Anton Koolhaas died on 16 December 1992, age 80, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.