Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren
Following the Constantijn Huygens Prijs and the P.C. Hooft Prijs, two major oeuvre awards, Cees Nooteboom won the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren, the most important literary award in the Dutch-speaking world, awarded by Albert II, the King of the Belgians, at the royal palace in Brussels on 18 November 2009.
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Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases. From: Rituals
I had as much as a thousand lives and yet took only one. From: Open als een schelp - dicht als een steen
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