Connie Palms
Connie Palmen (born November 25, 1955 as Aldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria Palmen in Sint Odiliënberg , Limburg ) is a Dutch writer .
Life
Connie Palmen studied philosophy and Dutch literature and wrote her thesis in 1986 on the contemporary author Cees Nooteboom . She made her debut in 1991 with the novel De Wetten , the success of which brought her immediate fame in the Netherlands and which was also distributed internationally, including in German ( The Laws , 1993) and English ( The Laws , 1993). Her next book, De Vriendschap (1995; Eng. The Friendship , 1996), received the Dutch AKO Literatuurprijs .
Palmen was in a relationship with the Dutch journalist, writer and talk show host Ischa Meijer from 1991 until his sudden death in 1995 . She wrote the book IM (1998; Eng. IM Ischa Meijer - In Margine, In Memoriam , 1999) about this relationship . In 1999, she wrote De erfenis ( The Inheritance , 2001), the Boekenweek present , a large number of free gifts for the Dutch Book Week.
Palmen lives in Amsterdam and has had a relationship with the journalist and D66 politician Hans van Mierlo since 1999 , whom she married four months before his death on March 11, 2010.
Awards
- 2017: De Inktaap for Jij zegt het
- 2016: Libris Literature Prize for Jij zegt het
- 1999: Boekenweek present with De erfenis (German: Die Erbschaft, 2001)
- 1995: AKO Literatuurprijs for De vriendschap
- 1992: Golden dog-ear for De Wetten
Nominations
- 2008: Euregio literatuurprijs voor scholieren with Ganz der Ihr
Works (selection)
- The Laws , 1993; ISBN 3-257-22786-8 (ndl. De Wetten , 1991)
- Friendship , 1996; ISBN 3-257-23015-X (ndl. De vriendschap , 1995)
- IM Ischa Meijer, In Margine, In Memoriam , 1999; ISBN 3-257-23287-X (Dutch IM Ischa Meijer - In Margine, In Memoriam , 1998)
- The Inheritance , 2001; ISBN 3-257-23342-6 (ndl. De erfenis , 1999, ( Boekenweekangebote , 1999))
- All yours , 2004; ISBN 3-257-23476-7 (ndl. Geheel de uwe , 2002)
- Idols and their killers , 2005; ISBN 3-257-06472-1
- Lucifer , 2008; ISBN 3-257-06642-2 (Dutch Lucifer , 2007)
- Log of a Merciless Year , 2013; ISBN 978-3-257-06859-7 (ndl. Logboek van een onbarmhartig jaar , 2011)
- You say it , in German by Hanni Ehlers . Diogenes, Zurich 2016 ISBN 978-3-257-06974-7 (ndl. Jij zegt het , 2015).
Web links
- Literature by and about Connie Palmen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Connie Palmen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Connie Palmen at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Connie Palmen's biography on the website of the Berlin International Literature Festival , accessed on November 19, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Palms, Connie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Palm trees, Aldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sint Odiliënberg |