Tommy Wieringa

1967 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands

native language: Dutch

languages spoken, written or signed: Dutch

educated at: Utrecht University, University of Groningen

occupation: writer, journalist

award received: Libris Prize, Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize, Golden Owl, Tzum-prize, De Inktaap, Halewijn Prize, BookSpot Literatuurprijs

Tommy Wieringa (born 20 May 1967) is a Dutch writer. He received the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize in 2006 for his novel Joe Speedboot (2005), and the Libris Prize in 2013 for the novel Dit zijn de namen (2012). In 2018 he won the Bookspot Literatuurprijs for his novel De heilige Rita (The Blessed Rita). His novel The Death of Murat Idrissi, translated by Sam Garrett from Dutch, was nominated for the International Booker Prize in 2019. Source: Wikipedia (en)