Rob van Essen

Van Essen (2016)

Rob van Essen (born June 25, 1963 in Amstelveen , Netherlands ) is a Dutch writer , translator and literary critic .

Life

In 2009 his novel Visser was nominated for the prestigious Libris Literature Prize, which he won in 2019 for his novel De goede zoon . This was published in 2020 as the first German translation of one of his books under the title The Good Son in homunculus Verlag .

Works

1996 Reddend zwemmen (novel)
2000 Troje (novel)
2002 Kwade dagen (novel)
2004 Engeland is gesloten (novel)
2006 Het jaar waarin mijn vader stierf (biography)
2008 Visser (novel)
2010 Elektriciteit (short stories)
2012 Alles komt goed (novel)
2014 Here wonen ook mensen (stories)
2016 Kind van de verzorgingsstaat (autobiographical biography)
2017 Winter in America (novel)
2018 De goede zoon (novel)
- Übers. Ulrich Faure : The good son . homunculus Verlag, Erlangen 2020, ISBN 978-3-946120-63-6 .

Translations

2016 Over geweld (OT: On Violence ) by Hannah Arendt
2017 Een halve gel zon (OT: Half of a Yellow Sun ) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Awards (selection)

2015 JMA Biesheuvel Prize
2019 Libris Literature Prize

Web links

reddend zwemmen - blog by Rob van Essen
Literature by and about Rob van Essen in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ Libris | Winnaar Libris Literatuur Prijs 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2020 (Dutch).
^ Rob van Essen: The good son | Novel. Retrieved June 5, 2020 (German).
↑ Archief. In: JMA Biesheuvelprijs. July 20, 2015, accessed June 5, 2020 (Dutch).

personal data
SURNAME	Food, Rob van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch writer, translator and literary critic
DATE OF BIRTH	June 25, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amstelveen , Netherlands

[1] Libris | Winnaar Libris Literatuur Prijs 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2020 (Dutch).

[2] Rob van Essen: The good son | Novel. Retrieved June 5, 2020 (German).

[3] Archief. In: JMA Biesheuvelprijs. July 20, 2015, accessed June 5, 2020 (Dutch).