ANPJan Vantoortelboom with the prize
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 22:23
From roman Puree by the Flemish writer Jan Vantoortelboom has won the Boekenbon Literature Prize. This was announced in the Grote or Sint-Jacobskerk in The Hague. The prize is worth 50,000 euros.
Puree is about a man in his seventies, Mauk, who looks back on his life on his deathbed. According to the jury, Vantoortelboom delivered with his novel “a stunning literary portrait of a traumatized seventy-year-old who is haunted by his childhood memories”.
The jury also praises the book because a lot takes place “between the lines”, “where the events reveal themselves in the rich visual language that is at least as captivating as the story itself”.
Other nominees
The 48-year-old Vantoortelboom wins the prize at the expense of four other nominees. That was Saskia de Coster Not reallyTiemen Hiemstra with W.Roxane van Iperen with I promise in Richard Osinga with Munt.
Last year the Boekenbon Literature Prize went to Anjet Daanje for her book The song of stork and dromedary. The prize was previously called the AKO Literature Prize. It was first awarded in 1987.
2023-11-09 21:23:35
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