Gerrit Krol

Gerrit Krol
Born
Gerrit Krol

1 August 1934
Groningen, Netherlands
Died24 November 2013(2013-11-24) (aged 79)
Groningen
EducationUniversity of Groningen
Occupationswriter, poet, mathematician

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

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

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  2. ↑ "Schrijver Gerrit Krol overleden - NOS Nieuws". Nos.nl. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  3. ↑ "Dutch writer Gerrit Krol dies". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  4. 1 2 "Schrijvers en dichters (dbnl biografieënproject I)". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.

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