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Cees Nooteboom

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Cees Nooteboom

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1933-07-31 (The Hague)
Nationality
Dutch
Languages
Dutch
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Amsterdam → Germany → Menorca

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Poet, Journalist
Active Years
1954-
Affiliations
Elsevier, de Volkskrant, Avenue
Memberships
Academy of Arts, Berlin

Education

Night school in Utrecht
Unknown
Country: Netherlands
Completed secondary education

Awards

Anne Frank Prize
1957
Work: Philip and the Others
Result: win
Pegasus Prize
1982
Work: Rituals
Result: win
Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs
1981
Work: Rituals
Result: win
Aristeion Prize
1993
Work: The Following Story
Result: win
Goethe Prize
2002
Result: win
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
2002
Result: win
P.C. Hooft Award
2004
Result: win
Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren
2009
Result: win
Gouden Uil
2010
Work: The Foxes Come at Night
Result: win
Mondello Prize
2017
Result: win
Prix Formentor
2020
Result: win

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Rituals

1980 Novel

A novel exploring rituals and human relationships

RitualsDeathEastern Philosophy

The Following Story

1991 Novel

Story of a teacher's mysterious day

MemoryAfterlife

All Souls' Day

1998 Novel

Events at a university

LossIdentity

Bibliography

  • Philip and the Others
  • Rituals
  • The Following Story

Style & Themes

Literary Style
PoeticTravelogue-style
Recurring Motifs
TravelEuropeDeath

Legacy

Leading figure in contemporary Dutch literature, Nobel contender

Trivia

  • Father killed in WWII bombing
  • Father killed in WWII bombing