VPRO Bob den Uyl Prize for Cees Nooteboom
Cees Nooteboom has been awarded the VPRO Bob den Uyl Prize for best travel book of the year. The eighth edition of the prize was presented to the author at the Amsterdam bookstore Pied à Terre. The award consists of 7500 euro and is eligible for new Dutch-language travel books and nonfiction. There were 50 entries this year. About Scheepsjournaal the jury says: ‘Weathered, contemplative and concise prose of the nestor of the genre.’ Mr Farah Karimi, director of Oxfam Novib, was the chairman of the jury, which also consisted of writer Natasja van den Berg, HIVOS consultant Erik Nijland and Bob den Uyl biographer Nico Keuning.
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I had as much as a thousand lives and yet took only one. From: Open als een schelp - dicht als een steen
Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases. From: Rituals
An overview of the many places in the world that Cees Nooteboom has described in his oeuvre.
Nooteboom’s debut novel, Philip en de anderen (Philip and the Others), came out in 1955. He was twenty-two years old at the time. Where did the inspiration come from? READ MORE
Nooteboom has written about the phenomenon many times, about why it is that he always wants to pack his suitcases again. READ MORE
Cees Nooteboom is known primarily for his novels and his travel books. As far as he is concerned, however, poetry comes first. READ MORE
Many of Nooteboom’s essays deal with art, particularly those branches with a visual focus: painting, architecture, film and photography. READ MORE