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Zakenlunch in Sintra: en andere Portugese verhalen

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Een zakenlunch in Sintra bevat alle verhalen die Gerrit Komrij schreef over zijn tweede vaderland Portugal. Van zijn eerste schreden op zoek naar een huis tot en met zijn verzuchtingen over de eigenschappen die een Nederlander aankleven en die hij nooit kwijtraakt. komrij schrijft over de talloze charmante aspecten van het land aanstekelijk en beeldend, maar de satiricus verloochent zich 'Ik ben verliefd op dit land, maar niet blindelings.'

181 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 2, 2010

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Gerrit Komrij

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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.

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July 6, 2025
Vele spitsvondigheden en goed doordachte ideeen.
Start nogal mistroostig en negatief tegenover Portugal en zijn inwoners, maar slaat halverwege om in voorzichtige liefde voor het land en zijn bewoners.
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