David Pefko
David (Manos) Pefko (born December 25, 1983 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch writer of novels and short stories. He made his debut in 2009 with the novel Levi Andreas . His second novel Het voorseizoen from 2011 won the Golden Book Owl (Gouden Boekenuil) the following year and the Inktaap in 2013 . Pefko has a Greek father and lives alternately in Amsterdam and Athens . He wrote the novel Het voorseizoen , which was inspired by listening to conversations in a bar, within four months on the island of Kos .
Pefko publishes his stories in the magazines and newspapers Tirade , Hollands Maandblad (Dutch monthly paper), Vrij Nederland (Free Netherlands) and the magazine as well as on its website. Pefko writes columns for De Morgen and the NCR Handelsblatt .
Works
Novels
- 2016: Daar komen de viegen (There come the flies)
- 2013: 45 (middle part of the trilogy 25 45 70 by Jamal Ouariachi , David Pefko and Daan Heerma van Voss ), 978-90-21447-89-6.
- 2011: Het voorseizoen (The preseason), ISBN 978-90-44621-82-2 .
- 2009: Levi Andreas , ISBN 978-90-28241-33-6 .
stories
- 2009: De Detentiesigaret (The Sticky Cigarette), prose debut, Tirade No. 427, March 2009.
- 2009: Letter (pre-publication), Tirade No. 430, October 2009.
- 2009: Letters, Tirade Brief-blog, October to November 2009.
- 2009: Ik wil geen Kosten maken na mijn dood (I don't want to cost anything after my death, prose), Hollands Maandblad, March 2009.
- 2009: One Happy Island (prepublication - prose), Hollands Maandblad, October 2009.
- 2010: Zelf Vlaming (prose), Hollands Maandblad, March 2010.
- 2011: Pijn is iets heel persoonlijks (Pain is something very personal, prose), Hollands Maandblad, April 2011.
- 2010: De Kiosk (The Kiosk, Prose), Vice Magazine , January 2010.
- 2010: Mijn vader was koning van de stad (My father was the king of the city), Stadsverhalen (city tales), January 2010.
- Waar een wil is ben ik gone (where there's a will, I'm gone), Vvl magazine
Awards
- 2012: Gouden Boekenuil for Het voorseizoen
- 2013: De Inktaap for Het voorseizoen
Nominations
- 2011: Shortlist of the Academica Debutante Award with Levi Andreas
Web links
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pefko, David |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pefko, David Manos |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |