Anthonie "Anton" Koolhaas (16 November 1912–16 December 1992) was a Dutch journalist, novelist, and scenario writer.

Biography

Anthonie Koolhaas was born on 16 November 1912 in Utrecht, Netherlands. He was the son of Teunis Koolhaas and Trijntje de Boer, and he had two elder brothers and an elder sister. He grew up in Utrecht, where the Remonstrant family lived. He had little connection with the members of his family and he developed a rich imagination. He wrote his first play at the age of seven.

He attended the hogere burgerschool in Utrecht. Between 1931 and 1935 he attended Utrecht University, studying an individual program related to journalism.

He wrote the scenario of the Academy Award-nominated films Everyman (1963) and Ape and Super-Ape (1972), both directed by Bert Haanstra.

He is the father of architect Rem Koolhaas (1944).

He won the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his complete works in 1989 and the P. C. Hooft Award, a literary oeuvre award, in 1992.

He died on 16 December 1992, age 80, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.