Ferdinand Bordewijk
1884
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1965
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: expressionism
country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands
native language: Dutch
languages spoken, written or signed: Dutch
educated at: Gymnasium Haganum
occupation: writer, poet lawyer, lawyer, resistance fighter
award received: P.C. Hooft Award, Constantijn Huygens Prize, Prijs voor kunsten en wetenschappen
Ferdinand Bordewijk (10 October 1884 – 28 April 1965) was a Dutch author. His style, which is terse and symbolic, is considered to belong to New Objectivity and magic realism. He was awarded the P. C. Hooft Award in 1953 and the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1957. He wrote novels and short stories; of his novels, his 1938 Character is canonical in the Netherlands, and was the basis for a 1997 film of the same name. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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