Ted van Lieshout

Ted van Lieshout (b. 1955) is a Dutch writer whose works include poetry, fiction, radio plays, tv scripts, children's literature and song lyrics. After he graduated from the Rietveld Academy of Amsterdam in 1980, he worked as an illustrator and book designer for various publishers. In 1984 he published his first children's poems and stories in a Dutch magazine. He writes mostly for children and adolescents, and his subjects range from the everyday to the serious or even melancholy. He has won a number of awards for his writing, including the Charlotte Köhler Stipendium, the Gouden Griffel award, and the Theo Thijssen Prize.

He started writing for Sesamstraat in the mid 1980s; in addition to scripts he has contributed lyrics to a number of songs for the show.

Sesamstraat credits

 * "Onder mijn bed"
 * "Wakker worden"
 * "Morgen ben ik jarig"