Jan Blokker

January Andries Blokker ( born May 27, 1927 in Amsterdam, † July 6, 2010 ) was a Dutch journalist, columnist and writer.

Life

Blokker studied Dutch studies and history, but did not complete his studies. In 1951 his first novel Séjour, a year later, he was educated at the daily newspaper Het Parool to reporters. 1954 Blokker film editor at the Algemeen Handelsblad, one of the precursors of newspapers NRC Handelsblad. In December 1964 due to its poor criticism of the film Spuit Eleven, there was an advertising boycott of cinema operators. In the years 1963/64, Blokker has worked with Rinus Ferdinandusse and Joop van Tijn with on the satirical television program " Zo is het toevallig nog ' s een keer " radio station VARA, then he was at the TV station VPRO active in the final editing and contributed comments on.

In December 1967 Blokker announced the Algemeen Handelsblad cooperation, since its editor " Nederlandse Dagblad Unie " ( NDU ) established a joint venture " Unitel " for technical and commercial cooperation with the tabloid De Telegraaf, and joined in April 1968 as a columnist for the Volkskrant. His incurred for the satirical newspaper columns have been since 1971, starting with rivet aan de hand, also summarized in a series of books. In 1979 Blokker was deputy editor of the Volkskrant and was instrumental in the professionalization and the move away from the affected journalism, which had already taken hold in that decade there. Blokker had held this function until 1985 and then remained columnist. In July 2006 he finished after a conflict with the editorial board of the literary supplement "Cicero " cooperation with the newspaper. At this time, Blokker worked for 38 years for de Volkskrant as a freelancer or an editor and had written 3,816 columns. He has since written for nrc.next, an offshoot of the NRC Handelsblad.

Blokker has also worked as a screenwriter. He wrote, for example, together with the director Bert Haanstra the screenplay for the comedy Fanfare ( 1958), which was later nominated for the Palme d'Or at the International Film Festival of Cannes, this came more for television series. In the film Een vreemde bird 1967 is Blokker also be seen as an actor in the role of editor in chief. In addition to his columns and his satirical work, he also worked as a children's book author. Op zoek naar een oom was the first book in this field, later works were published under pseudonyms occasionally.

In the years 1983-1993 Blokker was chairman of the Productiefonds voor de Nederlandse film ( Dutch Film Fund ), he was appointed associate professor of history of the press at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1992.

Honors

Honorary Doctorate of Social Sciences, awarded by the University of Groningen. (2004)

Works

Novels / Short Stories

  • Séjour. Wereld - Bibliotheek - Vereniging, Amsterdam 1951
  • Parijs dode, stad. A.W. Bruna & Zoon, Utrecht 1952
  • Bij dag en ontij. A.W. Bruna & Zoon, Utrecht 1952

Non-fiction

  • Tubers en Citroenen. A.W. Bruna & Zoon, Utrecht 1956
  • Het eeuwige exam. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1977
  • Afscheid van televisieland. De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1979
  • As de dag van gisteren. De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1981
  • Kwaliteit he boven state. Bert Bakker, Amsterdam 1986
  • Het hard van Europe. De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1987
  • De Kroon en de mestvork. De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1992
  • De afrekening. Kroniek van het jaar long 2002. De Harmonie, Amsterdam 2003
  • Het vooroudergevoel. De vader Landseer geschiedenis. ( with Jan Blokker Jr. and Bas Blokker ). Contact, Amsterdam 2005
  • Waar is de Tachtigjarige Oorlog gebleven? De Harmonie, Amsterdam 2005
  • He eens een what God. Bijbelse geschiedenis. ( with Jan Blokker Jr. and Bas Blokker ). Contact, Amsterdam 2006
  • Moorden Nederland in twaalf: niets is zo veranderlijk as onze identiteit ( with Jan Blokker Jr. and Bas Blokker ). Contact, Amsterdam 2008
  • Houden Nederlandse journalists niet van journalistiek. Bakker, Amsterdam 2010

Collections of de Volkskrant columns

  • Rivet aan de hand. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1971
  • Ben ik wel eigenlijk left genoeg? De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1974
  • Altijd is Kortjakje ziek. De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1978
  • Mij ​​hebben ze niet. De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1980
  • Is m'n hair eigenlijk al weer kort genoeg? De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1982
  • Mag het ook zwart? De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1984
  • Het station van Heerenveen. De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1986
  • Glasnost in Staphorst. De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1988
  • Ben ik wel eigenlijk paars genoeg? De Harmonie, Amsterdam 1998

Children's and Young Adult Literature

  • Avontuur in Frankrijk. Ten Brink, Meppel 1955
  • Op zoek naar een oom. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1960
  • Het Kalekoppenhuis. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1978
  • Jeroen de Grote. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1979
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