Jeroen Brouwers

Jeroen ( Godfried Marie) Brouwers ( born April 30, 1940 in Batavia, now Jakarta ) is a Dutch journalist, writer and essayist. Brouwers lives in Zutendaal, Belgium.

Born in the Dutch colony of Indonesia, he was interned by the Japanese invasion in 1943 with his mother and his grandparents. 1947 returns his mother with him back to the Netherlands. From 1950 to Brouwers spent several years in Catholic boarding schools. In 1955 he joined the school in Delft from, made ​​from 1958 to 1961 his military service and then began a career in journalism.

Since 1961, Brouwers has emerged as a writer. His oeuvre includes more than 70 publications. And "Secret Room " ( 2002); ( Grete Weil translation 1984) In Germany, among others, " Sunken Red" appeared. Brouwers is considered one of the most important contemporary Dutch writers.

Brouwers was recorded in 1992 in the " Orde van de Vlaamse Leeuw " ( Order of the Flemish lion ) and received in 1993 the Belgian Order of the Crown.

2007, the Dutch Literature Prize " Prijs Nederlandse Letteren " he was awarded, which he refused with regard to the low doping (16,000 € ): "It is as if I now get to hear: Here, buy yourself a beer, dude. "