Pim Wiersinga

Pim Wiersinga (24 March 1954 – 3 December 2024) was a Dutch writer.

Biography
Wiersinga was born in 1954. He started with writing already during his studies. He debuted while studying in 1992 with the book Honingvogels. He was offered to use the book as an exam paper for his studies, but he refused to do that according to the director of his school because he preferred to stay in school to continue learning. His book was advertised in national newspapers and he started giving readings. The book was nominated in February 1993 for the AKO Literatuurprijs. In 1995 he published the book Gracchanten, a 616-page book set in classical antiquity about the Gracchi brothers. He told about the book in the Radio 5 programm Ophef en Vertier. His last published novels are Het paviljoen van de vergeten concubines from 2014, Eleonora en de liefde from 2016 and Zena’s Arena from 2022. He was working on a novel in verse Nausikaä en de grote goden, that was scheduled to be published in 2025.

Wiersinga died in his hometown Rotterdam unexpectedly while sleeping on 3 December 2024, at the age of 70 years old.

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Category:Dutch writers
Category:1954 births
Category:2024 deaths