Dubbelster

by Gerrit Komrij

Een coryfee uit de Nederlandse showbiz- en televisiewereld wordt het slachtoffer van zijn roem.

247 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Gerrit Jan Komrij was a Dutch poet, novelist, translator, critic, polemic journalist and playwright. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s writing poetry that sharply contrasted with the free-form poetry of his contemporaries. He acquired a reputation for his prose in the late 1970s, writing acerbic essays and columns often critical of writers, television programs, and politicians. As a literary critic and especially as an anthologist he had a formative influence on Dutch literature: his 1979 anthology of Dutch poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries reformed the canon, and was followed by anthologies of Dutch poetry of the 17th and 18th centuries, of Afrikaans poetry, and of children's poetry. Those anthologies and a steady stream of prose and poetry publications solidified his reputation as one of the country's leading writers and critics; he was awarded the highest literary awards including the P. C. Hooft Award (1993), and from 2000 to 2004 he was the Dutch Dichter des Vaderlands (Poet Laureate). Komrij died in 2012 at age 68.

Reviews

[Liselot · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alsof je een eindeloos banaal gesprek over BN’ers leest, maar dan zijn alle BN’ers verzonnen.

Vermakelijk!

[Mark Kortus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ik kende Komrij alleen maar van zijn gedichten, dus ik besloot eens een boek van hem te lezen.
Niet heel aangrijpend, maar uiteindelijk toch best grappig. Weet niet of het zo bedoeld was, maar ik moest in ieder geval lachen om de verschrikkelijk overdreven neerslachtige passages.