Rudy Kousbroek

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Rudy Kousbroek, 1987

Herman Rudolf (Rudy) Kousbroek (born November 1, 1929 , Pematang Siantar , on the east coast of North Sumatra , Dutch East Indies ; † April 4, 2010 , Leiden ) was a Dutch author , poet and essayist . He used the pseudonyms Leopold de Buch and Fred Coyett . Kousbroek belongs to the literary group called Vijftigers (Fifties), like Hugo Claus , Lucebert and Gerrit Kouwenaar , as well as Remco Campert , who co- edited the magazine Braak with Kousbroek .

biography

Kousbroek grew up in the Dutch East Indies, which was occupied by the Japanese in 1942 and which became Indonesia in 1945/1949. He and his parents were interned by the Japanese in one of their camps. In 1995 he published a report on a trip to his Indonesian places of memory (Terug naar Negri Pan Erkoms) . Dutch television accompanied him on his trip to Japan, and the accompanying book, In the Time Machine Through Japan , was published in 2000.

Kousbroek studied mathematics and physics in Amsterdam and Japanese and Chinese during his time in Paris . He lived there from 1950 to 1971. He was married to the American writer Ethel Portnoy (1927-2004). They had two children; the daughter Hepzibah Kousbroek (1954–2009) became known with an autobiographical book about her fatal illness.

Kousbroek was married to the Irish author and sinologist Sarah Hart. You have a daughter. He last lived in Leiden. 1994 awarded him University of Groningen , the honorary doctorate in philosophy. He has often written about animals ( De aaibaarheidsfactor - The cuddle factor ) and competed for the Partij voor de Dieren in the 2004 European Parliament elections and the 2006 Dutch Parliament elections .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kousbroek does not see this as an Asian concentration camp and pointed out the incomparably higher chances of survival. In his opinion, the situation of the Dutch in these camps was no worse than that of the native population under the previous Dutch rule. According to Kousbroek, the real trauma of this camp was that whites were humiliated by non-whites. His attitude led to bitter arguments with Dutch victims' associations and Jeroen Brouwers . Kousbroek's essays on this topic were published in the sixth volume of Anathema’s under the title Het Oostindisch kampsyndrom . Kousbroek also defended the Japanese Emperor Hirohito there

Awards

  • 1969 - Prize of the municipality of Amsterdam for essays for his book on the Paris May 1968, Revolutie in een industriestaat .
  • 1975 - PC Hooft Prize for Essay Writing (for Kousbroek's complete works).
  • 2005 - Jan Hanlo Essay Prize, for Opgespoorde wonderen .

bibliography

  • 1953 - De begrafenis van een keerkring (poetry)
  • 1968 - Revolutie in een industriestaat (Kousbroeks revised and supplemented reports from the magazine Vrij Nederland , which appeared under the pseudonym Leopold de Buch . In addition, reports by Bob Groen, the Paris correspondent of Volkskrant , the title of this first part of the book is “De verbeelding aan de makes ".)
  • 1969 - De aaibaarheidsfactor, gevolgd door Die wacht am IJskast
  • 1969 - Anathema's 1
  • 1970 - Het avondrood der magiërs
  • 1970 - Anathema's 2nd
  • 1970 - Het gemaskerde woord. Anathema's 1, 2 and 3
  • 1971 - Een kuil om snikkend in te vallen
  • 1971 - Anathema's 3rd
  • 1973 - Ethologie en cultuurfilosofie - Huizinga - Lecture on behavioral research and cultural philosophy .
  • 1978 - Een passage naar Indië
  • 1978 - Stijloefeningen
  • 1978 - De aaibaarheidsfactor . Extended edition.
  • 1979 - Anathema's 4, De waanzin aan de macht
  • 1981 - Vincent of het secret van zijn vaders lichaam published in 1975 and 1976 in the NRC Handelsblatt Feuilleton , under the name Fred Coyett.
  • 1983 - Wat en Hoe in het Kats
  • 1984 - De logologische ruimte
  • 1984 - Anathema's 5. Het meer der herinnering
  • 1985 - Het rijk van Jabeer. Transformeerde sprookjes . With contributions by Joost Roelofsz.
  • 1987 - ran Java
  • 1987 - Nederland: een bewoond gordijn . A book week essay.
  • 1988 - Een zuivere schim in een vervuilde schepping . A little book about the Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis .
  • 1988 - Dagelijkse wonderen
  • 1988 - Anathema's 7, De onmogelijke liefde
  • 1989 - Morgen spelen wij verder
  • 1989 - De archeologie van de auto
  • 1990 - Einstein's poppenhuis, Essays over filosofie 1
  • 1990 - Het Paleis in de verbeelding
  • 1990 - Lieve kinderen hoor mijn lied
  • 1992 - Anathema's 6, Het Oostindisch kampsyndroom
  • 1993 - Anathema's 8, De vrolijke wanhoop
  • 1993 - Varkensliedjes
  • 1995 - Terug naar Negri Pan Erkoms
  • 1997 - Hoger honing
  • 1998 - Lost goeling
  • 2000 - In de tijdmachine door Japan
  • 2003 - Opgespoorde wonderen: photosynthesis (fiction and photography)
  • 2003 - The Winter Journey (audio book, short stories)
  • 2003 - Dierentalen en other poems (poems)
  • 2005 - Verborgen bewantschappen: photosynthesis (fiction; photography)
  • 2005 - Het Oostindisch kampsyndroom . Extended fifth edition.
  • 2006 - De archeologie van de auto Extended edition.
  • 2007 - Het raadsel der herkenning: photosynthesis 3 (fiction; photography)
  • 2009 - Medereizigers; over de fielde tussen canteens end
  • 2009 - Machines en emoties (correspondence between Willem Frederik Hermans , Rudy Kousbroek and Ethel Portnoy)
  • 2010 - Anathema's 9, Restjes
personal data
SURNAME Kousbroek, Rudy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kousbroek, Herman Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch author, poet and essayist
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Pematang Siantar , North Sumatra, Dutch East Indies
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 2010
Place of death Suffer