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Mijn getijdenboek
Dutch
119 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1975
About the author
Harry Mulisch
139 books493 followersHarry Kurt Victor Mulisch along with W.F. Hermans and Gerard Reve, is considered one of the "Great Three" of Dutch postwar literature. He has written novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections.
Mulisch was born in Haarlem and lived in Amsterdam since 1958, following the death of his father in 1957. Mulisch's father was from Austria-Hungary and emigrated to the Netherlands after the First World War. During the German occupation in World War II he worked for a German bank, which also dealt with confiscated Jewish assets. His mother, Alice Schwarz, was Jewish. Mulisch and his mother escaped transportation to a concentration camp thanks to Mulisch's father's collaboration with the Nazis. Due to the curious nature of his parents' positions, Mulisch has claimed that he is the Second World War.
A frequent theme in his work is the Second World War. His father had worked for the Germans during the war and went to prison for three years afterwards. As the war spanned most of Mulisch's formative phase, it had a defining influence on his life and work. In 1963, he wrote a non-fiction work about the Eichmann case: The case 40/61. Major works set against the backdrop of the Second World War are De Aanslag, Het stenen bruidsbed, and Siegfried.
Additionally, Mulisch often incorporates ancient legends or myths in his writings, drawing on Greek mythology (e.g. in De Elementen), Jewish mysticism (in De ontdekking van de Hemel and De Procedure), well-known urban legends and politics (Mulisch is politically left-wing, notably defending Fidel Castro since the Cuban revolution). Mulisch is widely read and (according to his critics) often flaunts his philosophical and even scientific knowledge.
Mulisch gained international recognition with the movie De Aanslag (The Assault), (1986) which was based on his eponymous book. It received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best foreign movie and has been translated in more than twenty languages.
His novel De ontdekking van de Hemel (1992) was filmed in 2001 as The Discovery of Heaven by Jeroen Krabbé, starring Stephen Fry.
Amongst many awards he has received for individual works and his total body of work, the most important is the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren (Prize of Dutch Literature, an official lifetime achievement award) in 1995.
Mulisch was born in Haarlem and lived in Amsterdam since 1958, following the death of his father in 1957. Mulisch's father was from Austria-Hungary and emigrated to the Netherlands after the First World War. During the German occupation in World War II he worked for a German bank, which also dealt with confiscated Jewish assets. His mother, Alice Schwarz, was Jewish. Mulisch and his mother escaped transportation to a concentration camp thanks to Mulisch's father's collaboration with the Nazis. Due to the curious nature of his parents' positions, Mulisch has claimed that he is the Second World War.
A frequent theme in his work is the Second World War. His father had worked for the Germans during the war and went to prison for three years afterwards. As the war spanned most of Mulisch's formative phase, it had a defining influence on his life and work. In 1963, he wrote a non-fiction work about the Eichmann case: The case 40/61. Major works set against the backdrop of the Second World War are De Aanslag, Het stenen bruidsbed, and Siegfried.
Additionally, Mulisch often incorporates ancient legends or myths in his writings, drawing on Greek mythology (e.g. in De Elementen), Jewish mysticism (in De ontdekking van de Hemel and De Procedure), well-known urban legends and politics (Mulisch is politically left-wing, notably defending Fidel Castro since the Cuban revolution). Mulisch is widely read and (according to his critics) often flaunts his philosophical and even scientific knowledge.
Mulisch gained international recognition with the movie De Aanslag (The Assault), (1986) which was based on his eponymous book. It received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best foreign movie and has been translated in more than twenty languages.
His novel De ontdekking van de Hemel (1992) was filmed in 2001 as The Discovery of Heaven by Jeroen Krabbé, starring Stephen Fry.
Amongst many awards he has received for individual works and his total body of work, the most important is the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren (Prize of Dutch Literature, an official lifetime achievement award) in 1995.
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January 23, 2015
‘Mijn getijdenboek’ heeft Mulisch samengesteld uit foto’s en andere voorwerpen uit eigen bezit. Zijn tekst bestaat niet alleen uit fotobijschriften. Het gaat om een heuse, zij het beknopte en selectieve, autobiografie. Zij loopt niet tot aan het jaar van de eerste uitgave, in 1975, maar tot en met 1951. Dan krijgt de beginnende schrijver zijn eerste literaire prijs.
De auteur geeft een goed inzicht in de verhouding tussen bepaalde gebeurtenissen in zijn leven en de weerslag in zijn literaire productie. Wat al vroeg te voorschijn komt, is zijn – via zijn vader overgeleverde – affiniteit met het fenomeen tijd en met getallen.
In de 2e druk uit 1985, de uitgave die ik heb gelezen, zijn door het veel kleinere formaat dan de 1e druk uit 1975 de illustraties niet alle nodige details goed te zien, ook waar het om illustraties van teksten gaat. Al met al: waardevol. JM
De auteur geeft een goed inzicht in de verhouding tussen bepaalde gebeurtenissen in zijn leven en de weerslag in zijn literaire productie. Wat al vroeg te voorschijn komt, is zijn – via zijn vader overgeleverde – affiniteit met het fenomeen tijd en met getallen.
In de 2e druk uit 1985, de uitgave die ik heb gelezen, zijn door het veel kleinere formaat dan de 1e druk uit 1975 de illustraties niet alle nodige details goed te zien, ook waar het om illustraties van teksten gaat. Al met al: waardevol. JM
July 18, 2023
Mulisch: rijkelooszoontje, zelfverklaard genie, ijdeltuit, vrouwen versierder, allemaal waar, maar ook humor vol, scheppend, vol originele perspectieven, meevoelend, ook allemaal waar, kortom hem lezen blijft de moeite waard.
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