Jan van Mersbergen
Jan van Mersbergen (born April 10, 1971 in Gorinchem ) is a Dutch writer and editor .
Life
The author has been editor of the literary magazine De Revisor since 2010 . He is known for his appearances at major literary festivals. His novels have been translated into Slovenian, Catalan, French, Serbian, Lebanese, Turkish, Spanish, German and English.
Two of his novels were filmed: Naar de overkant van de Nacht and Morgen zijn we in Pamplona .
Jan van Mersbergen has lived from his work as a writer since 2000 and is on the jury of the Woutertje Pieterse Prize .
He studied culture, politics and cultural sociology at the University of Amsterdam and made his debut in 2001 with the novel De grasbijter.
Works
- De grasbijter. Novel. Meulenhoff Verlag, 2001, ISBN 90-290-7065-X .
- De makes over het stuur. Novel. Verlag Cossee, 2003, ISBN 90-5936-022-2 .
- De hemelrat. Novel. Verlag Cossee, 2005, ISBN 90-5936-066-4 .
- Tomorrow we're in Pamplona. Novel. Verlag Cossee, 2007, ISBN 978-90-5936-130-0 .
- Zo begins. Novel. Verlag Cossee, 2009, ISBN 978-90-5936-245-1 .
- At the top of the night. Novel. Verlag Cossee, 2011, ISBN 978-90-5936-328-1 .
- De laatste ontsnapping. Novel. Verlag Cossee, 2014, ISBN 978-90-5936-469-1 .
- Oasis. Novella. 2015.
- Works translated into German
- How it started Kunstmann, Munich 2010.
- We're in Pamplona tomorrow. Kunstmann, Munich 2009.
Prices
- BNG Nieuwe Literatuurprijs
- AKO Literatuurprijs (longlist)
- Libris Literature Prize nominated
- Gouden Boekenuil nominated
- Halewijnprijs nominated
- Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize
See also
Web links
- Author's website (Dutch)
- Author website of the publisher uitgeverijcossee.nl , from: uitgeverijcossee.nl. (Dutch)
- Aleid Truijens: Interview: Jan van Mersbergen volkskrant.nl , from: volkskrant.nl, De Volkskrant , May 5, 2012. (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the biography on the author's website (Dutch)
- ↑ Among others in: Istanbul, Berlin, Leipzig, Darmstadt, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, London ...
- ↑ Maarten Dessing on the work of Jan van Mersbergen, see: Jan van Mersbergen: De vitaliteit van de kleine gemeenschap (Ons Erfdeel) , from: maartendessing.blogspot.de, September 27, 2014. (Dutch)
- ↑ Brief reviews of the debut novel , see: janvanmersbergen.nl , from: janvanmersbergen.nl. (Dutch)
- ↑ Review JannieTr, Jan van Mersbergen - De macht over het stuur mijnboekenkast.blogspot.de , from: mijnboekenkast.blogspot.de, May 7, 2012.
- ↑ Jeroen Vullings, Zo begint het- Jan van Mersbergen vn.nl , from: vn.nl, May 30, 2009.
- ↑ Review Rein Swart: Naar de overkant van de nacht (2011), Jan van Mersbergen : reinswart.blogspot.de , from: reinswart.blogspot.de, May 20, 2012.
- ↑ Review by Guus Bauer: Jan van Mersbergen - De laatste ontsnapping , from: tzum.info, March 3, 2014.
- ↑ Review Rein Swart: Recensie: Oase (2015), Jan van Mersbergen : reinswart.blogspot.de , from: reinswart.blogspot.de, December 10, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mersbergen, Jan van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gorinchem |