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Boudewijn Maria Ignatius Büch (born December 14, 1948 in The Hague , † November 23, 2002 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch writer and publicist .

Life

He grew up as the fourth of five sons in Wassenaar in a Catholic family. He studied German , Dutch and philosophy . In addition, he developed into an Adabei , who was open to the gay inclination of some admirers, although all of his long-term relationships were heterosexual, and already achieved a certain reputation as a poet and publicist.

In 1976 he made his debut with the poetry collection " Nogal droevige liedjes voor de kleine Gijs ". In response to the boom that followed, the previous day thief turned into a workaholic , although he remained chaotic : His work required extensive editorial / editing work . In 1978 he became insolvent and was therefore placed under a curate . He only became debt-free in the late 1980s, when he had a consistently high income. During this time he also took part in television programs.

In 1985 he achieved his greatest fiction success with " De kleine blonde dood " ( The little blonde death ). The book describes a father's grief over the death of his son. It had over twenty editions in Holland, was filmed in 1993 and is used regularly in Dutch school lessons.

His greatest success in non-fiction books (but very fictional in nature) was " Eilanden ", for which he wrote five sequels.

Büch was fascinated by Goethe, about whom he wrote two books.

At the end of the 1990s, his success and interest in his work both waned. In 2002 he was found dead in his Amsterdam community center. He had died of heart failure.

Büch was a book collector. His famous book collection contained over 100,000 volumes. The extensive auction catalog Bibliotheca didina et pinguina was published in 2004.

effect

Boudewijn Büch had spread a fantastic life story, which he processed into an autobiography in de kleine blonde dood , which at the same time had a high literary level. Many of the facts turned out to be fabricated after his passing:

  • He had spread that his parents were German Jews who had found each other in the Netherlands after the war and, contrary to their convictions, had raised their children as Catholics under the impression of persecution.
In truth, his parents were Dutch Catholics.
  • He had claimed to have been psychiatricized by his parents' bad relationship and his father's war trauma.
In truth, his parents had sent him out on land at the time in question.
  • He was repeatedly seen with a child he passed off as his own.
It was a "borrowed" child from friends. As the deception became harder and harder to maintain, he pretended the child had died.

Novels

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nogal droevige liedjes voor de kleine Gijs. 1976, ISBN 90-295-0828-0 .
  2. ↑ De kleine blonde dood. 1985, ISBN 90-295-0436-6 .
  3. ↑ Islets. 1981, ISBN 90-6019-752-6 ; revised several times; in the last form from 1997: ISBN 90-413-3004-6 .
  4. ↑ Goethe en geen einde (1990) & De Goethe-industrie (2002)
  5. ↑ Bibliotheca didina et pinguina. The library of Boudewijn Büch . Bubb Kuyper, Haarlem, 2004-2005. [Auction catalog in 3 vol.] Vol. 1: Natural history, medicine, sciences, travel, exploration, colonization . Vol. 2: Books about books, fine and applied arts, philosophy, literature . Vol. 3: History and travel, music varia and addenda .
personal data
SURNAME Büch, Boudewijn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Büch, Boudewijn Maria Ignatius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch writer and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 2002
Place of death Amsterdam