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Jeroen Brouwers


Born
in Batavia, Indonesia
April 30, 1940

Died
May 11, 2022

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Genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction


Jeroen Brouwers was a Dutch journalist and 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, and in 1995 the Prix Femina 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.

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Average rating: 3.66 · 21,363 ratings · 1,858 reviews · 99 distinct works • Similar authors
Bezonken rood
3.69 avg rating — 7,080 ratings — published 1981 — 46 editions
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Cliënt E. Busken
3.48 avg rating — 3,736 ratings — published 2020 — 12 editions
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Het hout
3.86 avg rating — 2,935 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions
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Geheime kamers
3.72 avg rating — 2,401 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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Datumloze dagen
3.75 avg rating — 1,261 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions
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Bittere bloemen
3.16 avg rating — 714 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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De Zondvloed
3.99 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 1988 — 12 editions
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Het verzonkene
3.70 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 1979 — 9 editions
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Winterlicht: een vergeetboek
3.80 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions
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Joris Ockeloen en het wacht...
3.23 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1968 — 7 editions
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Series by Jeroen Brouwers

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“Niets bestaat dat niet iets anders aanraakt.”
― Jeroen Brouwers, Bezonken rood
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“Vanaf dat moment ben ik verdwaald. Mijn afkeer van het leven en mijn verlangen om er niet te zijn. Vanaf dat moment weet ik dat ik verder, voortaan, altijd het liefst alleen zou wensen te zijn, zonder mij aan iemand of iets te hoeven binden, want ik wil niet zien hoe mijn liefde en de schoonheid die ik koester worden verwoest of beschadigd.”
― Jeroen Brouwers, Bezonken rood
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“Ik behoor tot het soort mensen dat niet 'gelukkig' kan zijn : ziek van altijddurende onrust, ziek van altijddurende angst, het liefst versuft door pillen, het liefst stomdronken, het liefst slapend, het liefst afwezig.”
― Jeroen Brouwers, Bezonken rood
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