Joost Zwagerman

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Joost Zwagerman at a book signing in Hengelo on March 11, 2010

Johannes Jacobus "Joost" Zwagerman (born November 18, 1963 in Alkmaar , † September 8, 2015 in Haarlem ) was a Dutch writer , essayist and publicist .

Life and work

Zwagerman comes from a family of teachers and, after attending school, also aspired to become a teacher, studying Dutch language and literature on the side. In order to devote himself entirely to writing, he dropped out of college. He married a childhood friend and had three children with her. In 1989 he succeeded with Gimmik! - Circulation 200,000 - the breakthrough to a large reading public. De buitenvrouw was even more successful with a circulation of 300,000. Due to its popularity in the Netherlands, a large life insurer hired Zwagerman as an advertising medium. In 2003 and 2004 Zwagerman took over the moderation of the talk show Zomergasten .

In addition to narrative literature, Zwagerman published numerous essays on literature, pop music, photography, film and especially art. After the turn of the millennium, the topics of depression and suicide appeared several times in the publications (2002: Zes sterren ; 2003: Het vijfde seizoen , 2005: Door eigen hand. Zelfmoord en de nabestaanden ).

In January 2008, Joost Zwagerman received the Gouden Ganzenveer ("Golden Goose Feather") from the Academie De Gouden Ganzenveer for his work as an essayist, columnist and writer . According to the academy, his work stands out for its topicality and awareness of social phenomena. In 2010 he wrote the Dutch Boekenweek present with the novella Duel .

In 2011, his disaster year , Zwagerman's marriage broke up, resulting in severe clinical depression . Nevertheless, he was soon again writing about art in a large Dutch newspaper and was a frequent guest on talk shows, mostly on the subject. Zwagerman committed suicide in his home town of Haarlem on September 8, 2015 .

In an advertising text for Zwagerman's last volume of essays it can be read: Perhaps silence in art embodies the longing not to be anymore. This longing is Zwagerman's drive in 'The Silence of Light'.

Works

  • 1986: De houdgreep (novel)
  • 1987: Kroondomein (story)
  • 1987: Langs de doofpot (poetry)
  • 1988: De ziekte van jij (poetry)
  • 1989: gimmick! (Roman) (translated by Gregor Seferens . Bonn: Weidle Verlag , 2018. ISBN 978-3-938803-90-5 )
  • 1991: Vals licht (novel), German Falsches Licht (translated by Rolf Erdorf; Hamburg: Klein, 1995; Munich: Bertelsmann, 1997)
  • 1993: Collega's van God (essay)
  • 1993: De kus van Michael Jackson (column)
  • 1993: De mooiste vrouw ter wereld (poetry)
  • 1994: De buitenvrouw (Roman), dt. The concubine (translated by Rolf Erdorf; Vienna: Picus, 2000; Munich, Zurich: Diana, 2001)
  • 1996 Tomaatsj (novella)
  • 1996: In het wild (essay)
  • 1997: Chaos en rumoer (Roman), German artificial light (translated by Martina den Hertog-Vogt; Vienna: Picus, 2002)
  • 1998: De ziekte van jij (poetry)
  • 1998: Het jongensmeisje (story)
  • 2000: Pornotheek Arcadië (essay)
  • 2001: Bekentenissen van de pseudomaan (poetry)
  • 2001: Landschap met klein vuil (column)
  • 2002: Zes sterren (novel), German Uncle Siem and the women (translated by Gregor Seferens; Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2005)
  • 2003: Het wilde westen (column)
  • 2003: Het vijfde seizoen (essay)
  • 2004: Tussen droom en daad in Dubbelstad: Alkmaar in feit en fictie
  • 2005: Roeshoofd hemelt (poetry)
  • 2005: Door own hand. Zelfmoord en de nabestaanden (essay)
  • 2005: De Nederlandse en Vlaamse literatuur vanaf 1880 in 250 verhalen (anthology)
  • 2005: Tot hier en zelfs verder (poetry)
  • 2006: Perfect Day (short story)
  • 2006: Transito (essay)
  • 2006: De Nederlandse en Vlaamse literatuur vanaf 1880 in 60 long verhalen (anthology)
  • 2007: De schaamte voor links (pamphlet)
  • 2007: Hollands welvaren (non-fiction book)
  • 2007: De ontdekking van de literatuur. The Paris Review Interviews. (Anthology)
  • 2009: Hitler in de polder & Vrij van God (pamphlet)
  • 2010: Beeld verplaatst (lyrics)
  • 2010: Duel (Novelle) (translated by Gregor Seferens . Bonn: Weidle Verlag , 2016. ISBN 978-3-938803-81-3 ) ( Boekenweek Gift , 2010)
  • 2011: Everything is dressed up, omzwervingen in de art
  • 2012: Kennis is successful. Nieuwe omzwervingen in de art
  • 2012: De wereld is here (lyrics)
  • 2013: Americana 1 & 2, Omzwervingen in de Amerikaanse cultuur
  • 2014: Voor alles (poetry)
  • 2015: De stilte van het licht
  • 2016: Wakend over God
  • 2020: Verzamelde poems

Awards

Nominations

  • 2000: North Rhine-Westphalia Literature Prize for De buitenvrouw (The Second Wife )

literature

  • Erik Brus (Ed.): Joost Zwagerman. Passionate magazine 17.2 Special (2010).
  • Rémon van Gemeren: Leven in a doodborn droom. De wereld van Joost Zwagerman. Prometheus: Amsterdam, 2018, ISBN 978-90-446-3480-8
  • Elik Lettinga: Standplaats Zwagerman. Uitg. De Arbeiderspers: Amsterdam, 2003, ISBN 90-295-0377-7
  • Gregor Seferens: In memoriam Joost Zwagerman , in: Joost Zwagerman, Duell, Bonn 2016, pp. 151–155.
  • Arielle Veerman: De langste adem. Een leven met Joost Zwagerman. Prometheus: Amsterdam, 2020, ISBN 978-90-446-4108-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zomer guests
  2. ↑ Nu.nl - 'Schrijver Joost Zwagerman pleegt zelfmoord'
  3. ↑ Gregor Seferens: In memoriam Joost Zwagerman , in: Joost Zwagerman, Duell, Bonn 2016, pp. 151–155.
personal data
SURNAME Zwagerman, Joost
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zwagerman, Johannes Jacobus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch writer, essayist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Alkmaar
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 2015
Place of death Haarlem