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Cees Nooteboom
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Dutch writer (1933–2026)
Cees Nooteboom was a Dutch author, poet, and essayist born in 1933 who became one of the Netherlands' most acclaimed and internationally recognized literary figures. His work, known for its philosophical depth and lyrical prose, explored themes of identity, memory, and human experience across novels, poetry collections, and essays that gained him a devoted readership worldwide.
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Key facts
- Born
- Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Nooteboom , ( 1933-07-31 ) 31 July 1933, The Hague , Netherlands
- Died
- 11 February 2026 (2026-02-11) (aged 92), Sant Lluís , Balearic Islands, Spain
- Occupation
- Novelist poet journalist
- Language
- Dutch
- Nationality
- Dutch
- Period
- 1954–2025
- Notable works
- Rituals ( Rituelen , 1980) The Following Story ( Het volgende verhaal , 1991)
- Notable awards
- Pegasus Prize Prix Formentor
- Spouse
- Fanny Lichtveld ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1964 )
- Partner
- Liesbeth List (1965–1979)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- The Hague
- Place of death
- Sant Lluís
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Official website
- www.ceesnooteboom.com
- Image
- Cees Nooteboom (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1933-07-31
- Commons category
- Cees Nooteboom
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- ethnic group
- Dutch
- name in native language
- Cees Nooteboom
- birth name
- Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Nooteboom
- writing language
- Dutch
- date of death
- 2026-02-11
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Cees Nooteboom, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria "Cees" Nooteboom ( Dutch pronunciation: [seːs ˈnoːtəboːm]; 31 July 1933 – 11 February 2026) was a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel Rituals (Rituelen, 1980), which won the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into an English-language edition, published in 1983 by Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) of the United States. LSU Press published his two earlier novels in English in the following years, as well as other works up until 1990. Harcourt (now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Grove Press have since published some of his works in English.
Nooteboom won numerous literary awards and was mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature.
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