Bas Heijne
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| Born | Bastiaan Johan Heijne 9 January 1960 Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Writer, translator |
| Language | Dutch |
| Notable awards | (2005), (2014) and P. C. Hooft Award (2017) |
| Years active | 1983–present |
Bastiaan Johan "Bas" Heijne (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɑstiaːn ˈjoːɦɑn bɑs ˈɦɛinə]; born 9 January 1960) is a Dutch writer and translator.
Early life and education[]
Bastiaan Johan Heijne was born in Nijmegen in the Netherlands on 9 January 1960. He studied English language and literature at the University of Amsterdam.[1]
Career[]
Heijne published in De Tijd, NRC Handelsblad, HP, De Groene Amsterdammer, and Vrij Nederland. Since 1991, he works for NRC Handelsblad. He translated works by E.M. Forster and Evelyn Waugh.[1] Heijne gave the 2005 Mosse Lecture, titled De eeuwige homo (The eternal gay).[2]
Heijne was awarded the (named after the Dutch poet Henriette Roland Holst) for the book Hollandse toestanden ("Dutch affairs") (2005), a collection of his columns from NRC Handelsblad.[1] In 2014, he won the (named after the Dutch journalist, poet and literary critic Jan Greshoff) for his essay Angst en schoonheid ("Fear and beauty"), on the Dutch writer Louis Couperus.[3] In 2017, he has received the P. C. Hooft Award for his non-fiction oeuvre.[4]
Bibliography[]
- (1983) Laatste woorden (Last words)
- (1987) Vreemde reis (Strange journey)
- (1989) Heilige monsters (Holy monsters)
- (1992) Suez
- (1994) Vlees en bloed (Flesh and blood)
- (1996) Het gezicht van Louis Couperus (The face of Louis Couperus)
- (1999) De mens is zo'n breekbaar wezen (Man is such a fragile creature)
- (2000) De wijde wereld (The wide world)
- (2003) Van Gogh
- (2003) Het verloren land (The lost country)
- (2004) Tafelgesprekken (Table conversations)
- (2004) De werkelijkheid (The reality)
- (2005) Hollandse toestanden (Dutch affairs)
- (2006) Zang (Singing)
- (2006) Grote vragen (Big questions)
- (2007) Onredelijkheid (Unreasonableness)
- (2010) Harde liefde (Tough love)
- (2011) Moeten wij van elkaar houden? (Do we have to love one another?)
- (2011) Echt zien (Really seeing)
- (2013) Angst en schoonheid (Fear and beauty)
- (2016) Onbehagen (Discontent)
- (2017) Staat van Nederland, een pleidooi (State of the Netherlands, a plea)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c G.J. van Bork, "Heijne, Bas" (in Dutch), Schrijvers en dichters, 2006. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ Grevelink, Maaike (2010). Lof van de lezing. Gids voor de 154 meest prestigieuze lezingen [Praise of the lecture. Guide to the 154 most prestigious lectures] (in Dutch). Elsevier. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-90-6882-798-9.
- ^ "Heijne wint Jan Greshoff-prijs voor essay over Couperus" (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, 4 November 2014
- ^ Aleid Truijens, "Bas Heijne wint P.C. Hooft-prijs voor zijn beschouwend oeuvre" (in Dutch), de Volkskrant, 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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