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Richard de Nooy

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Richard de Nooy (1965) grew up in Johannesburg, but has lived in Amsterdam for the past 30 years. He writes his novels in English and Dutch.

His latest novel, Van kleine helden, was published in Dutch in the Netherlands in May 2017. He is currently working on the English edition.

De Nooy's first novel, Six Fang Marks and a Tetanus Shot (Jacana, 2007), won the University of Johannesburg Prize for Best First Book. It was later published in Dutch as Zes beetwonden en een tetanusprik (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 2008) in the Netherlands.

De Nooy was awarded a grant by the Dutch Foundation for Literature to write his second novel in Dutch. Zacht als Staal was published in August 2010 and was long-listed for the prestigious AKO Literatuurprijs 2011. It was ...more

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	Queer Africa by Karen Martin (Editor), K. Sello Duiker (Contributor), To Molefe (Contributor) 3.77 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Irregularity by Jared Shurin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tiffani Angus (Goodreads Author), Adam Roberts 3.45 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Home Away by Louis Greenberg (Editor), Kathryn White (Contributor), Karina Magdalena Szczurek (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pandemonium Stocking Stuffer 2014 by Jared Shurin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rose Biggin (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Paul M. Ford (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Chapter 92 | Had I intended to write all this? �� a letter from 1943

In early 1943, the German occupying forces tightened restrictions on telephone traffic. Travel by train was dangerous due to attacks by Allied warplanes, so my grandparents and aunt began writing letters to mother, who was then 20 and working as a trainee nurse at a psychiatric institution for women and girls, located out in the countryside about 100 kilometres from home in Amsterdam. After my mot Read more of this blog post »

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“Sometimes we encounter men, even entire families, whose gross ignorance, unappealing mien or reckless habits make us wonder how their genes have survived the trials and tribulations of the ages. Yet we do well to remember that, should the world be plunged into nuclear holocaust, the principal candidate for survival is neither man, nor the great elephant, nor the swift stallion, nor the wily fox – it is the lowly cockroach.”
― Richard de Nooy, Six Fang Marks & a Tetanus Shot

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message 37: by Heidi

May 04, 2011 05:08PM

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message 36: by D.

Apr 23, 2010 03:50PM

Loved your writing on 'Raka' and the poem in translation...

Cheers!

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message 35: by Heidi

Dec 10, 2009 10:56AM

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message 34: by Meen

Jul 03, 2009 12:36PM

I had the feeling my absence was being monitored... Nice to be back. I just have to make some attempt at healthy moderation. (Hah.)

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message 33: by Brad

Jun 29, 2009 03:15PM

Love the title of your book, Richard. I'm going to have to track it down.

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message 32: by Richard

Jun 21, 2009 02:03PM

Thanks! We have fathers here too. I got a book, drawings, vinegar... riffed off that for about an hour. Then went to see my youngest daughter's choir perform. A perfect day.

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message 31: by Kim

Jun 21, 2009 05:15AM

Happy Father's Day, Richard...

Or is this just an American thang? Whatever, you rock! ( Hee.... )

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message 30: by Jessica

Jun 17, 2009 08:12AM

Many Congrats, Richard!

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message 29: by Richard

Jun 07, 2009 11:01PM

Quirk and foible if you must humans, but please do so elsewhere. I'm busy enough dealing with my own.

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message 28: by Matt

Jun 07, 2009 07:14PM

I was poking around on your blog and found a line that I both love and identify closely with:

"De Nooy is deeply intrigued by the quirks and foibles of humanity, but does not necessarily wish to experience them at close quarters."

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message 27: by Taylor

Jun 06, 2009 07:53PM

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my poems and tell me what you think! Means a lot! And i'll definitely keep what you said about rhyming in mind from now on.

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message 26: by Richard

Jun 05, 2009 02:49PM

I could not agree more. But perhaps that is what NYTimes readers expect or want.

Perhaps we can we lead them here.

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message 25: by Jessica

Jun 05, 2009 01:12PM

Galgut gets reviewed in the NYTimes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/boo...

(much plot summary & little analysis does not a good review make)

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message 24: by Heidi

May 21, 2009 07:46AM

Or a Sears portrait!

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message 23: by Heidi

May 19, 2009 08:55AM

You have a twin!

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message 22: by Richard

May 11, 2009 01:53AM

Damn!

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message 21: by Richard

May 11, 2009 01:41AM

But people talk funny in Limbabwe, dude. So you lose anyway.

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message 20: by Richard

May 11, 2009 01:26AM

No windmills in Limbabwe, Dude. You lose.

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message 19: by Richard

May 11, 2009 01:18AM

Dude, I've only just begun! But am thoroughly enjoying it, because it's a cross between two of my all-time favourites: James Ellroy's My Dark Places and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.

PS: You must live in the rainy part of the city. The sun is shining in my garden.

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message 18: by Richard

Apr 28, 2009 12:44PM

I like what you've done with my hair.

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message 17: by Richard (last edited Apr 27, 2009 06:11AM)

Apr 27, 2009 06:11AM

My father was a Free-Mason, who was sadly lacking in dollar bills. Perhaps that explains my choice.

I have fans! Hello, fans! Thank you, fans!

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message 16: by Richard

Apr 23, 2009 01:55AM

Thanks, Matt! Mark is an excellent photographer. There's a link to his site in Message 15 below.

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message 15: by Matthieu (last edited Apr 23, 2009 01:46AM)

Apr 23, 2009 01:46AM

Terrific photo, Richard!

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message 14: by Richard (last edited Apr 22, 2009 11:59PM)

Apr 22, 2009 11:59PM

Double Die Hard-ish! Thanks, Tad. It's from a series made by photographer Mark Kohn for the local paper when the Dutch edition of my book was launched.

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message 13: by Matt

Apr 22, 2009 11:54PM

Gotta tell you Richard, i'm digging the current avatar. Very "Die Hard"-ish.

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message 12: by Meen

Nov 07, 2008 09:57AM

Ooooh, official feels so different!

*puffs up with pride*

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message 11: by Bradley

Sep 04, 2008 12:25PM

I hope you are having a good day! =)

http://www.cardshark.com/content/view...

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message 10: by Richard

Aug 07, 2008 03:56PM

Restraining orders are unnecessary in a country where it is so easy to hide. For all I know, ABBA could have been concealed behind the nearest of 40 gazillion pine trees.

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message 9: by Amanda

Aug 07, 2008 02:46PM

How'd that restraining order work out, by the way? It's a shame, really. ABBA is quite lovely...

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message 8: by Kim

Jul 24, 2008 03:24PM

Richard? Where the hell are you? Are you still in Sweden? Have you gone off and tried reuniting ABBA again? Don't they have a restraining order against you for that? What the hell?

I feel used... tossed aside...

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message 7: by Richard

Jun 14, 2008 01:03AM

Excellent! The link below will take you to a glossary of South African and Dutch terms on my blog. Perhaps easiest to copy and paste the glossary in a Word document, and then print.
Pleasant reading!
R.

http://richarddenooy.book.co.za/blog/...

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message 6: by Shasta

Jun 13, 2008 09:10AM

Richard, your book arrived last night!!! I am so excited! I have about 1/3 left to read, on my current book, ant then your's; probably tomorrow!!! Thank You, again, so much!!!
P.S. read the first 2 chapters last night, and I am so intrigued!!!

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message 5: by Richard

Mar 30, 2008 11:04PM

Hi Shasta,
Looks like all systems are go, but it is April 1st, so you never know.
Pleasant reading!
R.

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message 4: by Shasta (last edited Mar 30, 2008 04:58PM)

Mar 30, 2008 04:55PM

Just passing through, thought I'd say hey!!! Still looking forward to reading your book, It's due out on Tuesday I believe. I'm getting excited!!! :-p

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message 3: by Jeremy

Jan 23, 2008 08:49PM

I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me today. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened to create so many messages. Some weird glitch.

Argh...this is terrible...

Again, I'm very sorry.

-Jeremy

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message 2: by Jeremy

Jan 01, 2008 01:19PM

Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.

-Jeremy :)

P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
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message 1: by Jeremy

Dec 24, 2007 10:13AM

Hi Richard!

Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.

-Jeremy :)

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