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Jeroen Brouwers | |
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| Born | Jeroen Godfried Marie Brouwers 30 April 1940 |
| Died | 11 May 2022 (aged 82) Maastricht, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Writer |
Jeroen Godfried Marie Brouwers (30 April 1940 – 11 May 2022) was a Dutch writer.
From 1964 to 1976 Brouwers worked as an editor at Manteau publishers in Brussels. In 1964 he made his literary debut with Het mes op de keel (The Knife to the Throat).
He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 1989 for De zondvloed, the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1993 for his collected works, and in 1995 the Prix Femina étranger for International works for his book Bezonken rood (Sunken Red). In 2007 he refused the Dutch Literature Prize (Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren) - the highest literary accolade in the Dutch-speaking world - because he considered the prize money of €16,000 too low for all his work.[1]
Brouwers received the Libris Prize for Cliënt E. Busken in 2021.[2]
- ^ Bouwmans, Ans (24 October 2007). "Jeroen Brouwers weigert prijs". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ Libris Prijs naar Jeroen Brouwers, jury ‘kon en wilde’ niet om 81-jarige schrijver heen, de Volkskrant, 10 May 2021