Jan Wolkers
Jan Hendrik Wolkers ( born October 26, 1925 in Oegstgeest, † 19 October, 2007 Westermient on Texel ) was a Dutch writer and artist. For the Dutch post-war literature, he was designated as one of De Grote Four ( The Big Four ). De Grote Four consist of Willem Frederik Hermans, Harry Mulisch, Gerard Reve and Jan Wolkers.
Life
Since 1980 Wolkers lived in Westermient on the island of Texel. His art objects were often the victims of vandalism. Examples of these are the Auschwitz monument in Amsterdam and the monument on the dike at Ceres on Texel. Probably played a role that Wolkers worked a lot with glass. In response to the destruction of the monument at Ceres in 2003 Wolkers announced that he would use less glass and steel instead more in the future. The Jac. P. Thijsse Monument in a pond in Den Burg Texel actually contains more steel, even if glass still take up much space in the artwork.
His best-known literary work in Germany are the novel Volver naar Oegstgeest, which was made into a film by Theo van Gogh, as well as the novels De Kus and Turks Fruit ( Turkish Delight dt ), the film adaptation nominated in 1973 by Paul Verhoeven for an Oscar in 1999 for Best Dutch movie of the century was excellent.
Works
- Volver naar Oegstgeest (Roman, 1st edition 1965) ISBN 90-290-9065-0, ISBN 90-290-7704-2, ISBN 978-90-290-8307-2
- Back to Oegstgeest ( Volver naar Oegstgeest, dt ) 1 dt ed 1979 ISBN 3-88097-126-9, Tb - outputs. 1981 ISBN 3-499-14787-4
- . Turks fruit (Roman, 1st edition 1969) ISBN 9789460926815 German by Siegfried Mrotzek 1975 under the title " Turkish Delight "; Recompilation, 2012 by Rosemarie Still under the title " Turkish Delight ", Alexander Verlag Berlin, ISBN 978-3-89581-279-8
- Zomerhitte (novel, 2005) (2007/2008 into a film starring Sophie Hilbrand and Waldemar Torenstra in the lead roles )