Peter Winkels

Peter Winkels (24 October 1954 – 7 April 2021)^[1] was a Dutch writer, teacher and television presenter.^[2]

Winkels studied literature. He worked as a Dutch language teacher at the Bernardinuscollege in Heerlen. He has worked at  [nl], including for and  [nl], as book reviewer and television presenter. He had his own book section and worked for several other programs.^[2][3] He published poetry collections and wrote several books. Winkels was the co-author of the book De Geschiedenis van de Literatuur in Limburg (The literature history of Limburg) and wrote a lexicon of the Limburg crime literature. For a short time he was a speechwriter for mayor of Maastricht:  [nl] but he was not successful, according to himself. He published his autobiography titled Leven, Stukje bij Beetje.^[4] His last book he published was Vastelaovend Vertelt, Verteld, Vertel in 2021; an investigation into the literary representation of Carnival in Dutch-language literature. His son, Toon Winkels, made a short documentary about the book.^[5][6]

Winkels was sick since 2016.^[2][4] Winkels died in Reuver, where he lived, in April 2021.^[2]

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