Gerrit Krol

Gerrit Krol

Gerrit Krol (1 August 1934 − 24 November 2013) was a Dutch author, essayist and writer.[1][2]

Krol was born in Groningen. He studied mathematics and worked with Royal Dutch Shell and some of its operating units as computer programmer and system designer. Krol's debut consisted of poems published in 1961 in various Dutch literary magazines. In 1962 his first book De rokken van Joy Scheepmaker was published. Thereafter, he developed a typical writing style consisting of text mingled with abstract thoughts expressed in drawings and mathematical equations. His novel Het gemillimeterde hoofd is typical for this Krollesque style.

In 1986 Krol received the Constantijn Huygens Prize, and in 2001 the P. C. Hooft Award - the highest Dutch Governmental award for literature - for his complete oeuvre. On 20 October 2005, the 125th anniversary of the Amsterdam Free University, Krol received a Doctorate Honoris causa from this university.

Published works

References

  1. ↑ "Schrijver Gerrit Krol overleden - NOS Nieuws". Nos.nl. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  2. ↑ Dutch writer Gerrit Krol dies

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