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    Jan Hendrik Wolkers (26 October 1925 – 19 October 2007) was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Wolkers is considered by some to be one of the "Great...
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    nested on Rottumerplaat, but has since stopped doing so. In 1971 writers Jan Wolkers and Godfried Bomans each spent a week on the island. Their only connection...
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  • Trinidadian footballer Jan de Wit (born 1945), Dutch politician and lawyer Jan Wohlschlag (born 1958), American high jumper Jan Wolkers (1925–2007), Dutch...
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  • screenplay by Gerard Soeteman, based on the 1969 novel Turks Fruit by Jan Wolkers. It is a love story of an artist and a young woman, starring Rutger Hauer...
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  • Turks Fruit is a Dutch novel written by Jan Wolkers in 1969. Wolkers based the character Olga on his second wife Annemarie Nauta, his third wife Karina...
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    feature-length film, it is based on the 2005 book-week giveaway novella by Jan Wolkers. Wolkers, who died while the film was in post-production, also authored the...
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    Mes by Remco Campert) (2012) Turkish Delight (based on Turks Fruit by Jan Wolkers (2016) "Biografie Dick Matena". Lambiek. Retrieved 10 October 2010. "Biografie...
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  • Rijneveld, the book's themes are thematically influenced by the work of Jan Wolkers. The novel became a bestseller upon its release in the Netherlands. It...
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    Dick Blok (1925 in Oegstgeest – 2019) a Dutch scholar of onomastics Jan Wolkers (1925 in Oegstgeest - 2007) a Dutch author, sculptor and painter Aad...
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  • poster for Spetters Directed by Paul Verhoeven Written by Gerard Soeteman Jan Wolkers (uncredited) Produced by Joop van den Ende Starring Hans van Tongeren...
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    and Monique van de Ven. Based on a novel by bestselling Dutch author Jan Wolkers, Turkish Delight tells the passionate love story of an artist and a young...
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    Vestdijk Willem Frederik Hermans Gerard Reve Hella Haasse Harry Mulisch Jan Wolkers Cees Nooteboom The Dutch have a distinct comic book tradition as well...
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    C.P. Tiele, H.N. van der Tuuk, I. Vossius, L. Warner, N. van Wijk, Jan Wolkers. Some institutional collections: Bohn Publishers, Sijthoff Publishers...
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    museum commemorating the Holocaust are the nearby Auschwitz Monument by Jan Wolkers in the Wertheim Park to the east of the Holocaust Names Memorial, and...
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    list, among other prominent Dutch celebrities, such as acclaimed writer Jan Wolkers. Verbaan received 1,337 votes, while the PVDD received enough votes to...
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    they/them pronouns, and zij/haar (she/her) in Dutch. Rijneveld said Jan Wolkers, who also grew up in a Reformed environment, is his idol. His interest...
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  • a 1973 Dutch film directed by Paul Verhoeven Turks Fruit (novel), by Jan Wolkers, on which the film is based Turkish Delight, a 1973 television drama...
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    from Dutch. Other important 20th century authors include Harry Mulisch, Jan Wolkers, Hella Haasse, Willem Frederik Hermans, Cees Nooteboom and Gerard Reve...
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    Performances of Post-Religious Memory in the Netherlands: Gerard Reve, Jan Wolkers, Maarten 't Hart. BRILL. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-90-04-47226-6. Kempton, Richard...
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    by prominent writers, including Jan Mulder and Remco Campert (2004), Herman Koch (2005), Martin Bril (2006), Jan Wolkers (2007), Kristien Hemmerechts (2008)...
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  • Wilmink Leon de Winter Justine Constance Wirix-van Mansvelt Betje Wolff Jan Wolkers Sadik Yemni Joost Zwagerman Frank Adam Roger Avermaete Pieter Aspe Fernand...
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    Moroccan-Dutch Turks Fruit", referring to the famous taboo-breaking Jan Wolkers novel. El Bezaz struggled with depression for many years. She took her...
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  • novelist Willy Wielek-Berg (1919–2004) film critic, writer, columnist Jan Wolkers (1925–2007) Willem Barentsz (c. 1550–1597), several expeditions to Arctic...
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  • (Television personality) Jac. P. Thijsse (1865–1945) (Environmentalist) Jan Wolkers (1925–2007) (Writer) Piet Mondriaan (1872–1944) (Painter) Simon Stevin...
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    Maarten 't Hart, Kees van Kooten, Rudy Kousbroek, Georgina Verbaan and Jan Wolkers. The Party won nine seats in eight provinces in the 2007 Dutch provincial...
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  • 1924 – Shaw Taylor, English actor and television host (d. 2015) 1925 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor, painter, and author (d. 2007) 1926 – Panos Gavalas,...
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    for his book Dissus and in 2013 for his book Spinder. He also won the Jan Wolkers Prijs 2013 for the book Spinder. In 2015, he published the book Per ongelukt...
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  • (Mexico City) The Anne Frank House, Amsterdam. The Auschwitz Monument by Jan Wolkers in the Wertheim Park, Amsterdam. The Dockworker Monument, Amsterdam....
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  • (b. 1943) 2007 – Michael Maidens, English footballer (b. 1987) 2007 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (b. 1925) 2008 – Richard Blackwell...
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  • Vasalis, Leo Vroman, Harry Mulisch, Willem Frederik Hermans, Gerard Reve, Jan Wolkers, Rudy Kousbroek, Gerrit Komrij, Tessa de Loo, Cees Nooteboom, Maarten...
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