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Hendrik Groen

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Hendrik Groen, pseudonym of Peter de Smet, is a Dutch writer. He is the author of the book Pogingen iets van het leven te maken: Het geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen, 83¼ jaar (The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old) published in 2014. That book was awarded in 2016 with the Audience Award for the Dutch Book. The sequel Zolang er leven is: het tweede geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen, 85 jaar (On the Bright Side: The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen) appeared in 2016.

For years it was unknown who was hiding behind the pseudonym. This led to speculation about who it could be. Names from Sylvia Witteman to Arnon Grunberg were mentioned. Both De Volkskrant and NRC Handelsblad revealed almost simultaneously in 2016 that Peter de Smet ...more

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	The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old by Hendrik Groen, Hester Velmans (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 30,436 ratings — published 2014 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zolang er leven is - Het tweede geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen, 85 jaar 4.15 avg rating — 8,016 ratings — published 2016 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Old Men and a Baby: Or, How Hendrik and Evert Get Themselves into a Jam (Hendrik Groen, #0) by Hendrik Groen, Hester Velmans (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.51 avg rating — 3,262 ratings — published 2019 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leven en laten leven 3.55 avg rating — 2,253 ratings — published 2016 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opgewekt naar de eindstreep: Het laatste geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen, 90 jaar (Hendrik Groen, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 1,893 ratings — published 2020 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rust en Vreugd (Rust en Vreugd, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 1,302 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meneer Putmans ziet het licht 3.56 avg rating — 934 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Groeten uit Benidorm 3.15 avg rating — 921 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De slag om Rust en Vreugd (Rust en Vreugd, #2) 3.57 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De drie geheime dagboeken van Hendrik Groen (Hendrik Groen, #1-3) 4.42 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Forgive me, I’m being a bit crude and rude about this, but I can’t make the reality prettier than it is: sad, grim, and funny all at once.”
― Hendrik Groen, The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old

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“In Norway they’re watching a TV show that’s just twelve hours of nonstop knitting: “from sheep to sweater.” To promote the notion of “Slow TV.”
― Hendrik Groen, The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old

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“Only trivial annoyances still matter. “If Greece goes bankrupt the bingo prizes will probably get smaller,” was Mrs. Schouten’s analysis of the eurozone crisis.”
― Hendrik Groen, The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old

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Welk boek gaan we in april 2021 lezen? (Een boek van een Vlaamse of Nederlandse auteur gepubliceerd in 2020)

Confettiregen van Splinter Chabot - 344 pagina's

25 votes, 21.2%

Finse dagen van Herman Koch - 308 pagina's

12 votes, 10.2%

Wildevrouw van Jeroen Olyslaegers - 416 pagina's

11 votes, 9.3%

Licht in de tunnel van Marc de Hond - 248 pagina's

9 votes, 7.6%

De crèche van Elle van Rijn - 334 pagina's

9 votes, 7.6%

De ontdekking van Urk van Matthias M.R. Declercq - 320 pagina's

7 votes, 5.9%

De terugkeer van Esther Gerritsen - 256 pagina's

7 votes, 5.9%

Revolusi. Indonesië en het ontstaan van de moderne wereld van David Van Reybrouck - 640 pagina's

6 votes, 5.1%

Opgewekt naar de eindstreep: Het laatste geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen, 90 jaar van Hendrik Groen (deel 4 van de Hendrik Groen reeks) - 208 pagina's

6 votes, 5.1%

Oogst van Sien Volders - 220 pagina's

5 votes, 4.2%

Viktor van Judith Fanto - 397 pagina's

5 votes, 4.2%

Als Doden Dromen van Mel Hartman - 300 pagina's

4 votes, 3.4%

De goede immigrant: 23 visies op Nederland van Dipsaus - 199 pagina's

4 votes, 3.4%

Zomerburen van Rianne Robben - 236 pagina's

3 votes, 2.5%

Min of meer opmerkelijke gebeurtenissen uit het leven van een treuzelaar van Cindy Hoetmer - 208 pagina's

2 votes, 1.7%

Ook mijn Holocaust. Een reisverslag van 6 dagen en 35 jaar van Maurits de Bruijn - 220 pagina's

2 votes, 1.7%

Een huis in Engeland van Maarten Asscher - 238 pagina's

1 vote, 0.8%

118 total votes

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