the book puree Written by Jan Vantortelboom has won the Bockenbün Literature Prize 2023. This was announced by jury president Ingrid van Engelshoven on Thursday evening at the Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk in The Hague. The Flemish writer and columnist will receive a prize of 50 thousand euros.
“mash “It doesn’t have a lot of words, and yet you’re fascinated by the richness of the language,” Van Engelshoven said at the awards ceremony.
puree It was also described in the jury report as “a stunning literary portrait of a traumatized seventy-year-old haunted by memories of his childhood.”
“Vantoortelboom effortlessly places the tension on the border between fantasy and reality, without losing sight of the psychological depth of his characters and the development of the story,” was the further assessment of the book by the jury.
Other contenders for the award are Saskia de Koster Not realTiman Hiemstra with w, Roxanne van Eperen with I promise you And Richard Osenga with Mont.
The Boekenbon Prize for Literature honors the best Dutch literary book of the year. In 2022, the Bokpon Prize for Literature goes to the book The song of the stork and the dromedary camel By Anjeet Dhanji.
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