Jeroen Brouwers, Date of Birth

Jeroen Brouwers

Dutch writer

Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1940

Profession: writer, author, journalist, autobiographer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jeroen Godfried Marie (Jeroen) Brouwers (Batavia, 30 April 1940) is a Dutch journalist and writer. From 1964 to 1976 Brouwers worked as an editor at Manteau publishers in Brussels.
In 1964 he made his literary debut with Het mes op de keel (The Knife to the Throat). 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).
In 2007 he refused the Dutch Literature Prize (Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren) - the highest literary accolade in the Dutch-speaking world - because he considered the prize money of €16,000 too low for all his work.