Jeroen Brouwers





Jeroen Brouwers

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April 30, 1940 in Batavia, Indonesia

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Jeroen Brouwers is a Dutch/Belgian journalist and writer.

From 1964 to 1976 Brouwers worked as an editor at Manteau publishers in Brussels. In 1964 he made his literary debut with Het mes op de keel (The Knife to the Throat).

He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 1989 for De zondvloed, and in 1995 the Prix Femina for International works for his book Bezonken rood (Sunken Red). In 2007 he refused the Dutch Literature Prize (Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren) - the highest literary accolade in the Dutch-speaking world - because he considered the prize money of €16,000 too low for all his work.


Average rating: 3.56 · 864 ratings · 47 reviews · 50 distinct works
Bezonken rood
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 1981 — 11 editions
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Geheime Kamers
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 211 ratings3 editions
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Datumloze dagen
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2007
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Bittere bloemen
3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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De Zondvloed
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings2 editions
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verzonkene
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1980
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Sisyphus' bakens
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Kroniek Van Een Karakter
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1986
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De Laatste Deur: Essays Ove...
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Winterlicht: Een Vergeetboek
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings2 editions
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“Ik behoor tot het soort mensen dat niet 'gelukkig' kan zijn : ziek van altijddurende onrust, ziek van altijddurende angst, het liefst versuft door pillen, het liefst stomdronken, het liefst slapend, het liefst afwezig.”
Jeroen Brouwers, Bezonken rood

“Om mij uit mijzelf weg te houden, om niet te hoeven denken, om niet te worden besprongen door angst, om niet te worden blijven vergezeld door angst -Zo blijft men binnen het grawue doolhof.”
Jeroen Brouwers, Bezonken rood

“Doen alsof' iets niet is wat het is, maar 'iets anders' misschien zijn mensen die dat kunnen 'gelukkig', rustig en zonder angst.”
Jeroen Brouwers, Bezonken rood



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