Cees Nooteboom

Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Cees Nooteboom born July 31 1933 is a Dutch novelist poet and journalist He has won numerous literary awards and has been mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature Nootebooms first novel Philip en de anderen Philip and the Others 1988 English translation was published in 1954 and won the Anne Frank Prize His second novel De ridder is gestorven 1963 The Knight Has Died English edition 1990 was his last for 17 years During that period he mainly wrote poetry and travel books establishing his name as a renowned travel writer The anthology of his writings on Spain De omweg naar Santiago Roads to Santiago 1997 inspired several Spanish and Dutch composers In 1980 his third novel Rituelen Rituals 1983 brought him wide acclaim in the Netherlands winning the Pegasus Prize as well as the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize It was his first novel to be translated into English and was published by Louisiana State University Press which published two of his earlier novels in English as well as others through 1990 His bestknown work to Englishspeaking audiences might be The Following Story Het volgende verhaal 1991 which was written for the Dutch Boekenweek in 1991 It won the Aristeion Prize in 1993