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Jeroen Brouwers

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Jeroen Brouwers

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1940-04-30 (Batavia, Dutch East Indies)
Died
2022-05-11 (Maastricht, Netherlands) age 82
Nationality
Dutch
Languages
Dutch
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Batavia, Dutch East Indies → Balikpapan, Borneo → Netherlands → Delft, Netherlands → Vossem, Belgium → Rijmenam, Belgium → Warnsveld, Netherlands → Exel, Netherlands → Uitgeest, Netherlands → Zutendaal, Belgium

Career

Occupations
Writer, Editor, Journalist
Active Years
1964-2021
Affiliations
Manteau Publishers, Geillustreerde Pers, De Gelderlander
Memberships
Orde van de Vlaamse Leeuw, Knight in the Order of the Crown (Belgium)

Awards

Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs
1989
Work: De zondvloed
Organization: Dutch Foundation for Literature
Result: 受賞
Constantijn Huygens Prize
1993
Work: Collected works
Result: 受賞
Prix Femina étranger
1995
Work: Sunken Red
Result: 受賞
Multatuli Prize
2001
Result: 受賞
Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren
2007
Work: Entire oeuvre
Organization: Taalunie
Result: 辞退
Libris Prize
2021
Work: Cliënt E. Busken
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Knife to the Throat

1964 Novel

Literary debut

De zondvloed

Novel

Sunken Red

1986 Autobiographical novel

About the lifelong effects of Japanese internment

War trauma

Cliënt E. Busken

Novel

Health

  • Brief illness
    2022年
    Led to death

Legacy

Prominent Dutch-language writer known for works on war experiences, winner of multiple literary prizes.

Trivia

  • Lost grandparents in Japanese internment camps.
  • Announced retirement from writing in 2021.