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Geerten Meijsing (1988)
Geerten Jan Maria Meijsing (born 9 August 1950) is a Dutch writer, translator and novelist. He won the AKO Literatuurprijs in 1988 for his novel ''Veranderlijk en wisselvallig (Fickle and Changeable)'', and in 1999 the Golden Owl, Gouden Uil Literatuurprijs for his novel ''Tussen mes en keel (Between Knife and Throat)''. He published most of his early books under the pseudonym Joyce & Co, notably a trilogy devoted to literature, painting, and music (''Erwin (novel), Erwin'', ''Michael van Mander'', and ''Cecilia (Dutch novel), Cecilia''). Geerten Meijsing is the younger brother of novelist Doeschka Meijsing. Works * 1975 - ''Erwin'' (written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1979 - ''Michael van Mander'' (written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1981 - ''Een meisjesleven'' (''A Girl's Life''; written under pseudonym Eefje Wijnberg) * 1982 - ''Erwins echo'' (''Erwin's Echo''; written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1982 - ''Venetiaanse brieven en Calabrese dagboeken'' (''Venetian Letter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geerten Meijsing (1988)
Geerten Jan Maria Meijsing (born 9 August 1950) is a Dutch writer, translator and novelist. He won the AKO Literatuurprijs in 1988 for his novel ''Veranderlijk en wisselvallig (Fickle and Changeable)'', and in 1999 the Golden Owl, Gouden Uil Literatuurprijs for his novel ''Tussen mes en keel (Between Knife and Throat)''. He published most of his early books under the pseudonym Joyce & Co, notably a trilogy devoted to literature, painting, and music (''Erwin (novel), Erwin'', ''Michael van Mander'', and ''Cecilia (Dutch novel), Cecilia''). Geerten Meijsing is the younger brother of novelist Doeschka Meijsing. Works * 1975 - ''Erwin'' (written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1979 - ''Michael van Mander'' (written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1981 - ''Een meisjesleven'' (''A Girl's Life''; written under pseudonym Eefje Wijnberg) * 1982 - ''Erwins echo'' (''Erwin's Echo''; written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1982 - ''Venetiaanse brieven en Calabrese dagboeken'' (''Venetian Letter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Verpoorten
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Dutch Male Novelists
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21st-century Dutch Novelists
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People From Eindhoven
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1950 Births
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Kester Freriks
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Kees Snel
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Kees or KEES may refer to: * Kees (given name) * Kees (surname) * KEES, an American AM radio station licensed to Gladewater, Texas See also * Cees (other) Cees () is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis. Since, as in English, the letter "c" before "e" is normally pronounced in Dutch, the alternative spelling Kees is more common. Notable people named Cees include: * Cees Andries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKO Literatuurprijs
The Bookspot Literatuurprijs (previously ECI Literatuurprijs, AKO Literatuurprijs and Generale Bank Literatuurprijs) is a prize for literature in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is awarded to authors writing in Dutch language, Dutch and amounts to 50,000. The ceremony is televised live each year. The prize was conceived in 1986 and inaugurated the following year with the aim to promote literature and increase the public's interest in books. Name and sponsorship The name of the prize has not been constant, reflecting the main sponsors. It was first prefixed with ''AKO'' after its sponsor-founder, the Amsterdamsche Kiosk Onderneming, a chain of over 100 bookstores and newsstands in the Netherlands. From 1997 through 1999 it was sponsored by Belgium's Generale Bank and was named accordingly – ''Generale Bank Literatuurprijs''. The bank was absorbed and the sponsorship presumably assumed by BNP Paribas Fortis, Fortis Bank in 1999, but the financing of the prize reverted to AKO be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doeschka Meijsing
Maria Johanna Meijsing (21 October 1947 – 30 January 2012) was a Dutch novelist. She won the AKO Literatuurprijs in 2000 for her novel '' De tweede man'', and in 2008 the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for her novel '' Over de liefde''. Doeschka Meijsing is the older sister of writer Geerten Meijsing and philosopher Monica Meijsing. Biography Meijsing was born in Eindhoven, on 21 October 1947. When she was three years old, Meijsing and her family moved to Haarlem. She studied Dutch Language and Literary Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Meijsing was a teacher at the St. Ignatius Gymnasium from 1971 to 1976. She subsequently held a position as a research assistant at the University of Amsterdam's Institute for Dutch Studies until 1978. That year, she took up a post as editor of the literary supplement of the influential Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland and in 1989 she became literary editor of leading current-affairs weekly Elsevier. Writing From 1969 Meijsing published work in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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