birth_date: 1952-10-04 00:00:00
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name: Oek de Jong
about: Oek de Jong (born in 1952) is the author of a relatively small, but highly esteemed literary oeuvre of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels: Opwaaiende zomerjurken (Billowing Summerskirts, 1979), Cirkel in het gras (Circle in the Grass, 1985) and Hokwerda's kind (Hokwerda's Child, 2002). His books have sold more than half a million copies. His work has been translated into nine languages. He was awarded the Reina Prinsen Geerligs Prize, the Bordewijk Prize and the Busken Huet Prize, and he was shortlisted for the Libris Prize in Holland and the Golden Owl Award in Belgium. As an essayist (trained as an art historian) he has written extensively on the arts. In Octobre 2012 he published the novel Pier and Ocean, h Oek de Jong (born in 1952) is the author of a relatively small, but highly esteemed literary oeuvre of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels: Opwaaiende zomerjurken (Billowing Summerskirts, 1979), Cirkel in het gras (Circle in the Grass, 1985) and Hokwerda's kind (Hokwerda's Child, 2002). His books have sold more than half a million copies. His work has been translated into nine languages. He was awarded the Reina Prinsen Geerligs Prize, the Bordewijk Prize and the Busken Huet Prize, and he was shortlisted for the Libris Prize in Holland and the Golden Owl Award in Belgium. As an essayist (trained as an art historian) he has written extensively on the arts. In Octobre 2012 he published the novel Pier and Ocean, his magnum opus. ...more