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Peter van Dongen

Dutch writer (born 1966)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ669812 ↗
Source-derived summary

Peter van Dongen (born 21 October 1966 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch cartoonist. He is the winner of the 2018 Stripschapprijs.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Peter van Dongen” is dutch writer (born 1966). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Peter, Dongen and Dutch, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1966, 2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1966-10-21. For this dossier, Peter, Dongen and Dutch is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “dutch writer (born 1966)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q669812. VIAF identifies the subject as 49450857. The Library of Congress control number is nb2006000060. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1966 and 2018.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Peter van Dongen”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Peter van Dongen primary sources, Peter van Dongen archive and Peter research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Peter van Dongen”?
  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Peter van Dongen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.