Occupation Writer, translator Role Writer Name Bas Heijne | Years active 1983–present Language Dutch Books Dreaming of Europe | |
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Born Bastiaan Johan Heijne
9 January 1960 (age 64)
Nijmegen, Netherlands ( 1960-01-09 ) Notable awards Henriette Roland Holst Prize (2005) | ||
David grossman en bas heijne bij writers unlimited the series 11 september 2012
Bastiaan Johan "Bas" Heijne ( [ˈbɑstiaːn ˈjoːɦɑn bɑs ˈɦɛinə]; born 9 January 1960) is a Dutch writer and translator.
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- David grossman en bas heijne bij writers unlimited the series 11 september 2012
- Early life and education
- Career
- References
Early life and education
Bastiaan Johan Heijne was born in Nijmegen in the Netherlands on 9 January 1960. He studied English language and literature at the University of Amsterdam.
Career
Heijne published in De Tijd, NRC Handelsblad, HP, De Groene Amsterdammer, and Vrij Nederland. Since 1991, he works for NRC Handelsblad. He translated works by E.M. Forster and Evelyn Waugh.
Heijne was awarded the Henriette Roland Holst Prize (named after the Dutch poet Henriette Roland Holst) for the book Hollandse toestanden ("Dutch affairs") (2005), a collection of his columns from NRC Handelsblad. In 2014, he won the J. Greshoff Prize (named after the Dutch journalist, poet and literary critic Jan Greshoff) for his essay Angst en schoonheid ("Fear and beauty"), on the Dutch writer Louis Couperus. In 2017, he will receive the P. C. Hooft Award for his non-fiction oeuvre.