Het litteken van de dood : de biografie van Jan Wolkers

Author(s):
Blom, O.P.
Published
2017
Publication type
Doctoral Thesis

Abstract

'The scar of death. The biography of Jan Wolkers' contains

the rebellious life story of Jan Wolkers (1925-2007), one of the most famous,

loved ánd controversial writers and artists (also a painter and sculptor) of

the Low Countries. Wolkers was obsessed with love and death, also the two most important themes of his work. No one stayed closer to the truth than I, stated Wolkers. His work and art' the biographer concludes, 'are one.'

WolkersWriterSculptorPainterSexLoveBiographyTruthReformed
Defense date
2017-10-19
Language
Dutch
Supervisor(s)
Otterspeer, W.
Advisor(s)
Dijk, Y. van
Committee member(s)
Willems, W.; Snoek, C.; Kempen, M.H.G. van; Honings, R.A.M.; Bel, J.
Qualification
Ph.D.
Degree granting institution
Centre for the Arts in Society, Humanities, Leiden University, Leiden
Publisher
Amsterdam / Antwerpen: De Bezige Bij
hdl
1887/58726
ISBN(s)
9789023454588

Funding

Sponsorship
Huygens ING voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis; Fonds voor de Letteren; Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds; Fonds 21; Fonds Bijzondere Journalistieke Projecten; Jaap Hartenfonds; Schrijversvereniging De Bezige Bij; Stichting 'de Gijselaar-Hintzenfonds' Stichting Sanssoucis