Jan Geurt Siebelink (born 13 February 1938 in
Velp,
Gelderland
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) is a Dutch
author
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"''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...
. In 2005, he wrote the
novel
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''Knielen op een bed violen'' (literally ', translated into English as ''In my father's garden''
)
that sold over 700,000 copies. In 1991, he won the
Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs {{short description, Dutch literary award
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The prize was established in 1948 as the ...
for ''De overkant van de rivier''.
Bibliography
Selected works:
*''Nachtschade'' (1975)
*''Een lust voor het oog'' (1977)
*''J.K. Huysmans, Tegen de keer'' (1977)
*''Weerloos'' (1978)
*''Oponthoud'' (1979)
*''De herfst zal schitterend zijn'' (1980)
*''De reptielse geest'' (1981)
*''En joeg de vossen door het staande koren'' (1982)
*''Arnhem. Beeld en verbeelding'' (1983)
*''Koning Cophetua en het bedelmeisje'' (1983)
*''De hof van onrust'' (1984)
*''De prins van nachtelijk Parijs'' (1985)
*''Ereprijs'' (1986)
*''Met afgewend hoofd'' (1986)
*''Schaduwen in de middag'' (1987)
*''De overkant van de rivier'' (1990)
*''Hartje zomer en andere verhalen'' (1991)
*''Pijn is genot'' (1992)
*''Met een half oog'' (1992)
*''Verdwaald gezin'' (1993)
*''Laatste schooldag'' (1994)
*''Dorpsstraat Ons Dorp'' (1995)
*''Vera'' (1997)
*''Daar gaat de zon nooit onder'' (1998)
*''Schuldige hond'' (1998)
*''De bloemen van Oscar Kristelijn'' (1998)
*''Bergweg 17, Bosweg 19'' (1999)
*''Mijn leven met Tikker'' (1999)
*''Engelen van het duister'' (2001)
*''Margaretha'' (2002)
*''Knielen op een bed violen'' (2005)
*''De kwekerij'' (2007)
*''Suezkade'' (2008)
*''Het lichaam van Clara'' (2011)
*''Oscar'' (2012)
*''Daniël in de vallei'' (2013)
*''De blauwe nacht (2014)''
*''Margje'' (2015)
See also
*
Franca Treur
*
Maarten 't Hart
Maarten 't Hart (born 25 November 1944 in Maassluis) is a Dutch writer. Trained as a biologist in zoology and ethology at the Leiden University, he taught that subject before becoming a full-time writer in the 1980s, having made his debut as a ...
References
External links
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1938 births
Living people
People from Rheden
20th-century Dutch novelists
20th-century Dutch male writers
21st-century Dutch novelists
Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize winners
Dutch male novelists
21st-century Dutch male writers
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