Koos van Zomere

Koos van Zomere (born March 5, 1946 in Velp ) is a Dutch writer . He writes crime novels, thrillers and columns for the NRC Handelsblad .

Life

The trained biologist is a committed environmentalist. At the age of 19 he wrote his first volume of poetry De Wielerkoers van Hank , with which he became famous. His works received two Dutch prizes and have since been printed in five other languages. With more than 80 works, he is one of the most productive Dutch writers.

Works (selection)

• 1965: De wielerkoers van Hank; Poems. De Arbeiderspers Amsterdam
• 1966: Terloops te water; Novel. De Arbeiderspers Amsterdam
• 1977: Collega Vink vermoord; Thriller. Bruna Utrecht
• 1982: De hanging man; Thriller. Bruna Utrecht
• 1983: Otto's oorlog; Novel. De Arbeiderspers Amsterdam
• 1984: Another moment; Interviews. De Arbeiderspers Amsterdam
• 1985: De witte prins; Novel. De Arbeiderspers Amsterdam
• 1988: Een jaar in Scherven; Diary / autobiography. De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam
• 1990: Het schip Herman Manelli; Novel. De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam
• 1996: Meisje in het veen; Novel. De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam
• 2001: De man op de Middenweg; Novel. De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam
• 2004: Het leven heeft geen secret; Novel. De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam
• 2007: Ik heet welkom; Poems. De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam

The following have been published in German so far:

• Lord Byron was also here , Munich: Piper, 2003,
• A door in October , Munich: Piper, 2002,
• Otto's War , Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1990

review

Thomas Köster writes in the Süddeutsche Zeitung about his novel Eine Tür im Oktober : " A magically light novel about passions that have been buried in the dark for a long time and have been dragged into the daylight by love, a genre image of quiet, almost intimate mastery. " He considers it to be a discovery and the novel for a literary climax.

Web links

• Literature by and about Koos van Zomere in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.perlentaucher.de/autoren/4267/Koos_van_Zomere.html
2. ↑ http://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/3819.html