Jeroen Brouwers

Who is Jeroen Brouwers?

Jeroen Godfried Marie Brouwers 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.

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. In 2007 he refused the Dutch Literature Prize - the highest literary accolade in the Dutch-speaking world - because he considered the prize money of €16,000 too low for all his work.