Marga Minco

Marga Minco (pseudonym of Sara Menco, 31 March 1920 – July 10, 2023) was a Dutch journalist and writer. Her real surname was Menco, but an official accidentally switched the first vowel. She was born in Ginneken to an Orthodox Jewish family. In 1957 Minco published her first book,  ("The bitter herb"). The title of a later book was Een leeg huis ("A empty house").

 Awards 
 1957 – Bureau voor Postreclame en Adressen De Mutator N.V. Short-story Prize for Het adres
 1958 – Vijverberg Prize for Het bittere kruid
 1999 – Annie Romein Prize for her entire oeuvre
 2005 – Constantijn Huygens Prize for her entire oeuvre

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