Cees Nooteboom

Biography

Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria 'Cees' Nooteboom (born July 31, 1933) is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. He has won numerous literary awards and has been mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature. Nooteboom's first novel, Philip en de anderen (Philip and the Others, 1988 English translation), was published in 1954 and won the Anne Frank Prize. His second novel, De ridder is gestorven (1963) (The Knight Has Died, English edition, 1990) was his last for 17 years. During that period, he mainly wrote poetry and travel books, establishing his name as a renowned travel writer. The anthology of his writings on Spain, De omweg naar Santiago (Roads to Santiago, 1997), inspired several Spanish and Dutch composers. In 1980, his third novel Rituelen (Rituals, 1983) brought him wide acclaim in the Netherlands, winning the Pegasus Prize as well as the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize. It was his first novel to be translated into English and was published by Louisiana State Univers...