Jeroen Brouwers

Jeroen Godfried Marie Brouwers (30 April 1940 – 11 May 2022) was a Dutch writer. From 1964 to 1976 Brouwers worked as an editor at Manteau publishers in Brussels. In 1964, he wrote his first book. He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 1989 for "De zondvloed", the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1993 for his collected works, and in 1995 the Prix Femina for International works for his book "Bezonken rood" ("Sunken Red").
Brouwers won the Libris Prize for "Cliënt E. Busken" in 2021.
Brouwers was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies and died in Maastricht. He died from a short-illness, aged 82.