The Dutch writer A.L Snijders, pseudonym of Peter Cornelis Müller (Amsterdam 1937), was the master of the Very Short Story (Zeer Kort Verhaal, ZKV). He published columns in several newspapers since the 1980's. Editor Thomas Rap published them in 4 books in de nineties. Since 2006 the columns have been republished in several books. In November 2010 A.L. Snijders received the Dutch Constantijn Huygensprize for his entire oeuvre, but specifically for his Very Short Stories. A.L. Snijders lived in Klein Dochteren.