A. F. Th. van der Heijden

Adrianus Franciscus Theodorus van der Heijden (* October 15, 1951 in Geldrop in Eindhoven, Netherlands) is a Dutch writer.

Life

His first literary attempts, he undertook as Patrizio Canaponi and received in 1979 are still under this pseudonym the Dutch Literature Prize for the best first film (for the short story collection A gondola in the Herrengracht ). He is one of the most important Dutch writers of the present and received 2011 in honor of his life's work to Constantijn Huygensprijs.

Van der Heijden grew up in the Dutch village of Hulst. He attended the Sint- Joris- College in Eindhoven, where he graduated in 1969.

Awards and honors

  • 2013: P.C. Hooft Prize for his life's work.

Works

Novel cycle De tandeloze tijd

Really he was known for his novel cycle The toothless time, who appeared in seven volumes, 1983-1996. It is a social and time novel with many storylines and autobiographical references. The individual novels of the cycle appeared neither in Dutch nor German in the chronologically correct order. The individual titles are:

  • De slag om de Blauwbrug 1983 ( German: The Battle of the Blue Bridge 2001) ( Prologue )
  • Vallende Ouders 1983 ( German: Falling parents 1997) ( Part 1)
  • De Gevarendriehoek 1985 ( German: The hazard triangle 2000) ( Part 2)
  • Weer Borstels 1992 ( German: The Widerborst 1993) ( Intermezzo )
  • Het hof van Barmhartigheid 1996 ( German: The Court of Mercy 2003) (Part 3, Book 1 )
  • Onder het het plaveisel moeras 1996 ( German: Bottom patch of swamp 2003) (Part 3, 2nd Book)
  • Advocaat van de Hanen 1990 ( German: The lawyer of the faucets 1995) ( Part 4 )

Other works

  • Een gondola in de Herengracht 1978
  • De draaideur 1979 ( German: The Revolving Door 1997)
  • De Sandwich 1986
  • Het leven uit een dag 1988 ( German: One day, one life 1992)
  • Asbestemming 1994
  • Angel plaque. Notities alldag of 2003 ( German: . Engel dirt notes from everyday life 2006)
  • Drijfzand colonize. De erven Movo 2006 ( German: make quicksand reclaimed Movos heirs in 2008. )
  • Tonio / druk 2: een requiem roman. 2010 Tonio - A Requiem novel. Translated from the Dutch by Helga van Beuningen. Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3518422595

AF Th van der Heijden is now working on a further series of novels called " homo duplex ".

  • De Movo Tapes ( homo duplex 0 ) 2003 ( prologue ) ( German: The Movo Tapes 2007)
  • Het schervengericht (Homo duplex 1) 2007 ( German: The ostracism 2010)

All works of A.F.Th. van der Heijden published in German by Suhrkamp and has been translated by Helga van Beuningen.

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