Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 14, 1937
Died
October 29, 2012
Age
75
Place of Birth
Sint Pancras, Netherlands
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J. Bernlef
Writing
Biography
Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937–2012), better known by his pen name J. Bernlef, was a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator, much of whose work centres on mental perception of reality and its expression. He won numerous literary awards, including the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1984 and the P. C. Hooft Award in 1994, both for his entire oeuvre. His novel "Hersenschimmen" (1984), which features on the list of NRC's Best Dutch novels, was arguably his greatest success. It was widely translated, filmed in 1987 and produced as a play in 2006. Translated in English as "Out of Mind", it gives a re…
