Bob Mendes

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Bob Mendes , pseudonym of David Mendes, (born May 15, 1928 in Antwerp ) is a Belgian- Flemish crime writer Portuguese - Jewish origin. Mendes was the founder of the Genootschap van Vlaamse Misdaadauteurs (GVM), the Flemish association of crime writers , of which he is honorary chairman today.

Life

Mendes' family first came to Amsterdam through the diamond trade , and later to Antwerp, where Mendes grew up. During the Second World War , he decided to hide his Jewish first name David and to be called Bob . He later used the name Bob Mendes for his publications as a writer.

Mendes interrupted his studies to go to work during World War II. After eleven years of evening studies and self-study in accounting, tax law and economics, he earned a degree in accounting. In 1963 he was recognized as a full member of the Nationaal College van Accountants van België . Since the introduction of the protected title of accountant , IDAC, the Instituut van Accountants, added him to the list of “external accountants”.

He began his writing debut in 1984 with the publication of the volume of poetry Met rook schreven . In addition to poetic publications, Mendes also wrote short stories and novels.

bibliography

poetry

  • 1984: Screeching Met rook
  • 1987: Alfa en Omega
  • 1999: Best wensen

Novels

  • 1986: Bestemming terreur
  • 1988: Een dag van schaamte (as e-book: Dag van schaamte )
  • 1989: Het chunnelsyndroom
  • 1990: De vierde soera
  • 1991: De fraudejagers
  • 1992: Vergelding
  • 1993: Races / Rellen
  • 1994: Link (German Cybermafia . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1997, ISBN 978-3-426-60509-7 )
  • 1996: De kracht van het vuur ( Eng . The power of fire . Publishing house No. 8, Wetzlar 2000, ISBN 978-3-934763-12-8 )
  • 1998: De kracht van het ijs
  • 1998: De kracht van het ijs (abridged Dutch edition)
  • 1999: De smaak van vrijheid ( Ger . The Taste of Freedom . Publishing House No. 8, Wetzlar 2002, ISBN 978-3-934763-17-3 )
  • 2000: Twee Misdaadromans ( Het chunnelsyndroom + Rassen / Rellen )
  • 2001: Bloedrecht
  • 2003: guilty of media
  • 2005: De kracht van het bloed
  • 2005: Stukken van mensen
  • 2006: Vermoorde on debt
  • 2007: Overspel
  • 2009: Vuil geld
  • 2010: Schersprechter
  • 2011: Top Secret
  • 2013: Bloed, zweet en tranen

Short stories and short story collections

  • 1992: Guilty in Het Laatste Nieuws
  • 1994: Kwestie van geld in Exciting bundled 1994
  • 1994: De onbillijke burgemeester in Marie Claire , November 1994
  • 1995: De geesten van de le bladeren in Exciting bundled 1995
  • 1995: Meedogenloos verhalenbundel, Manteau, Antwerp 1995
  • 1996: Grote verzoendag in Exciting bundled 1996
  • 1997: Misdaad en meesterschap , short story collection
  • 1999: Stukken van mensen , supplement in Goed Gevoel , January 1999
  • 1999: Verslag aan de Koning , short story collection
  • 1999: Nobele doeleinden in fatal behavior
  • 1999: Stukken van mensen , licensed edition of Standaard Boekhandel , December 1999
  • 2000: Grote verzoendag in Ché N ° 1, March 2000
  • 2000: Het aandeel van Sam Keizer in Met ingehouden adem
  • 2000: Dirty Dancing short story collection
  • 2002: De beste uit Vlaanderen misdaadverhalen , anthology with two of his own short stories: Diamonds are forever (dt. Diamonds . In: Jürgen Ehlers / Jürgen Albert (ed). Murder and stone Leda Verlag, Leer 2002. ISBN 978-3-934927 -26-1 ) and De modekoning
  • 2004: Exciting behavior , collection of short stories
  • 2005: Bob Mendes, Meester in Misdaad , essay by Henri-Floris Jespers
  • 2006: Dansen op de rand van de afgrond in Door
  • 2009: De Tungsten Connectie - een Sam Keizerverhaal in Summercrime
  • 2013: Spoor van vuur , community thriller (with Luc Deflo and others)

Awards

  • 1993: Gouden Strop for Vergelding
  • 1997: Gouden Strop for De kracht van het vuur
  • 1999: Cultuurprijs van Schoten for his complete works
  • 2003: International Crime Short Story Competition "Atanas Mandadjiev" for Dirty Dancing (short story)
  • 2004: Diamonds Kogel for Medeschuldig

Web links

Notes, notes

  1. ↑ cf. Auditing in the Netherlands (Dutch, accessed February 1, 2020)
  2. ↑ cf. Business consulting professions and competition - a contradiction? (Dutch, accessed February 1, 2020)
  3. ↑ monthly lifestyle sheet
  4. ↑ cf. Hp of the municipality of Schoten (Dutch, accessed February 1, 2020)
  5. ↑ cf. Awarded at the congress of "The International Association of Crime-Writers" in Daun (Eifel) on September 20, 2003
personal data
SURNAME Mendes, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mendes, David (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian-Flemish writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp / Belgium