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Arnon Grunberg


Born
in Amsterdam, Netherlands
February 22, 1971

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Arnon Yasha Yves (Arnon) Grunberg is a Dutch writer. Some of his books were written using the heteronym Marek van der Jagt.

In 1989 Grunberg made his acting debut in Maria's Cunt (de Kut van Maria); a short film by Dutch enfant terrible filmmaker Cyrus Frisch.

Grunberg made his literary debut in 1994 with the novel Blauwe maandagen (Blue Mondays), which won the Dutch prize for the best debut novel that year. In 2000, under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt, he won the best debut prize again for his novel De geschiedenis van mijn kaalheid (The History of My Baldness).

Grunberg publishes novels about once a year but also writes columns and essays in a wide variety of Dutch and international newspapers and magazines. He does not restrict himself o
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Netta Ahituv on a Palestinian peacenik and reborn Christian of about 75 years old, in Haaretz: ‘The mischievous dandy was a Palestinian [Taysir Abu Saada, nicknamed Tass] who was born in the Gaza Strip, to a family that had been forced to leave its home in Jaffa during Israel's War of Independence. He grew up in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, fought against Israel alongside Yasser Arafat's

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Tirza

3.61 avg rating — 16,462 ratings — published 2006 — 49 editions
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Blauwe maandagen

3.07 avg rating — 4,179 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions
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De asielzoeker

3.36 avg rating — 2,593 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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De man zonder ziekte

3.22 avg rating — 2,496 ratings — published 2012 — 21 editions
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Moedervlekken

3.44 avg rating — 2,151 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions
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Huid en haar

3.38 avg rating — 1,759 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Fantoompijn

3.33 avg rating — 1,483 ratings — published 2000 — 27 editions
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Figuranten

3.12 avg rating — 1,481 ratings — published 1997 — 22 editions
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De joodse messias

3.48 avg rating — 1,278 ratings — published 2004 — 30 editions
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De dood in Taormina

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“Mensen hebben warmte nodig. Daarop leven ze. Daarvan leven ze. Die warmte is geen misdaad. Het gebrek eraan is de misdaad.”
Arnon Grunberg, Tirza

“Alle waarheid deed pijn, maar wel steeds meer, elk jaar een beetje meer.”
Arnon Grunberg, Tirza

“İnsan mutluluğun hep sonradan farkına varır. Ah, o zaman ne mutluymuşum, keşke daha dikkatli olsaymışım.”
Arnon Grunberg, Tirza

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