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Jan Hendrik Wolkers (26 October 1925 – 19 October 2007) was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Wolkers is considered by some to be one of the "Great Four" writers of post- World War II Dutch literature , alongside Willem Frederik Hermans , Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve (the latter authors are also known as the "Great Three").
Jan Hendrik Wolkers ( Oegstgeest, 26 oktober 1925 – Westermient, 19 oktober 2007) was een Nederlands schrijver, beeldhouwer en schilder. Hij werd bekend met de romans Terug naar Oegstgeest (1965) en Turks fruit (1969).
Other articles where Jan Wolkers is discussed: Dutch literature: The 20th century: …chronologically to the war generation, Jan Wolkers began writing in the 1960s and brought a visual artist’s sensibility to his often brutal stories and novels. Reactions to the painful loss of empire in the East Indies ran the gamut of nostalgia, affection, bitterness, and alienation in the work of Beb…
Oct 20, 2007 · Mr. Wolkers was a novelist, poet and sculptor whose sex-charged books helped shake off the shackles of postwar conservatism in the Netherlands. ... Jan Wolkers, 81, Writer and Sculptor, Is Dead.
Oct 19, 2007 · Jan Hendrik Wolkers was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Wolkers is considered one of the "Great Four" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, along with Willem Frederik Hermans, Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve (the latter authors are also known as the "Great Three").
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Jan Wolkers was born on 26 October 1925 in Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer, known for Turkish Delight (1973), Zomerhitte (2008) and Kort Amerikaans (1979). He was married to Karina Wolkers.
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Oct 21, 2007 · Jan Wolkers, 81, a Dutch author and sculptor whose sex-charged books helped shake off the shackles of postwar conservatism in the Netherlands, died Friday at his home on the North Sea island of ...
