Libris Literature Award (Libris Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1999) Winner
Harry Mulisch
ハリー・ミューリッシュ
Harī Myurisshu
Aliases:
Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1927-07-29 （Haarlem, Netherlands）
- Died
- 2010-10-30 （Amsterdam, Netherlands） age 83
- Nationality
- Dutch
- Languages
- Dutch
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Haarlem (until around 1958) → Amsterdam (1958-2010)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, playwright, essayist, poet
- Active Years
- 1952-2010
- Influenced By
- Thomas Mann, Edgar Allan Poe, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Homer, Sophocles
- Influenced
- Willem Frederik Hermans, Gerard Reve
- Nominations
- International Booker Prize shortlist (2007)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | P. C. Hooft Award | lifetime achievement | lifetime achievement | P.C. Hooft Prize Foundation | Winner |
| 1977 | Constantijn Huygens Prize | lifetime achievement | lifetime achievement | Dutch Foundation for Literature | Winner |
| 1995 | Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren | entire oeuvre | lifetime achievement | Committee for Dutch-Language Literature | Winner |
| 1999 | Libris Prize | The Procedure | novel | — | Winner |
| 1993 | Multatuli Prize | The Discovery of Heaven | novel | — | Winner |
| 2007 | International Nonino Prize | lifetime achievement | literature | — | Winner |
P. C. Hooft Award
1977
Work:
lifetime achievement
Category:
lifetime achievement
Organization:
P.C. Hooft Prize Foundation
Result:
Winner
Constantijn Huygens Prize
1977
Work:
lifetime achievement
Category:
lifetime achievement
Organization:
Dutch Foundation for Literature
Result:
Winner
Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren
1995
Work:
entire oeuvre
Category:
lifetime achievement
Organization:
Committee for Dutch-Language Literature
Result:
Winner
Libris Prize
1999
Work:
The Procedure
Category:
novel
Result:
Winner
Multatuli Prize
1993
Work:
The Discovery of Heaven
Category:
novel
Result:
Winner
International Nonino Prize
2007
Work:
lifetime achievement
Category:
literature
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Premi Flaiano (Flaiano Prizes)
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (2003) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Assault
1982 novelNovel about an incident during World War II. Adapted into a 1986 film that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
World War IImoral dilemmasimpact of war
Adaptations
- [film] The Assault / Fons Rademakers (1986)
Translations
- translated into more than 20 languages
Bibliography
- Archibald Strohalm (1952)
- Tussen hamer en aambeeld (1952)
- Chantage op het leven (1953)
- De Diamant (1954)
- De Sprong der Paarden en de Zoete Zee (1955)
- Het mirakel (1955)
- Het Zwarte licht (1957)
- Manifesten (1958)
- Het Stenen Bruidsbed (1959)
- Tanchelijn (1960)
Adaptations
- The Assault (film, 1986)
- The Discovery of Heaven (film, 2001)
Translations of Works
- Works translated into 38 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- clear prosephilosophical and moral themes
- Recurring Motifs
- World War IIGreek mythologyJewish mysticismpolitics
Legacy
Considered one of the 'Great Three' (De Grote Drie) of postwar Dutch literature. Frequently tipped as Nobel contender.
In Popular Culture
- Film of The Assault won Golden Globe and Academy Award.
Trivia
- Asteroid (10251) Mulisch named after him.
- His father collaborated with Nazis during WWII, saving Mulisch and his mother but not his grandmother, who died in a gas chamber.