Oek de Jong receives Boekenbon Literature Prize for Zwarte Schuur

Writer Oek de Jong has the Book Voucher Literature Prize 2020 for his book Black Barn. The prize amounts to 50,000 euros and should enable the winner to work undisturbed on his next book.

According to the jury, Zwarte Schuur can “be regarded as an example of the richness and scope of the literary novel”. The novel is about a painter who, while a major retrospective exhibition of his work is being organized, is confronted with a crime from his past. The story is about living with a trauma and the processing of it.

“Claim the reader”

“With his concentrated, strongly psychological approach, Oek de Jong has created a person and a decor that the reader effortlessly demands, forcing him to think about the fine line between sexuality and aggression, male identity and the healing or non-healing power. of art “, according to the jury.

De Jong received the prize from Winnie Sorgdrager, chairman of the Annual Literature Prize Foundation. The jury consists of independent reviewers and booksellers from the Netherlands and Flanders.

The Boekenbon Literature Prize has had several other names in the past, including the AKO Literature Prize. The money is made available by the Nederlandse Boekenbon BV

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