Jan Wolkers

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Jan Hendrik Wolkers (born Oegstgeest, 26 October 1925) is a Dutch author and artist. In post World War II Dutch literature he is considered one of the "Great Four" along with Willem Frederik Hermans, Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve (the latter authors are also known as the "Great Three"). He became noted in the sixties mainly for his strikingly direct descriptions of sex; today, however, he is recognised for his appealing and original style rather than for his troubles with the conservative society in his early days.

Since 1980 he has resided on the island of Texel. A number of his outdoor statues in the Netherlands have been subject to vandalism, presumably due to his use of glass as a construction material. Some examples are the Auschwitz-monument in Amsterdam and the monument on the dike at Ceres on Texel. In reaction to the destruction of the monument in 2003, Wolkers announced that he would use less glass and more steel for such monuments in future. The Jac. P. Thijsse monument in the water at Elemert on Texel does contain more steel, but glass is still a substantial part of the artwork.

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1961 Serpentina's Petticoat (stories)
1962 Kort Amerikaans/Short American (novel)
1963 Gesponnen suiker/Cotton Candy (stories)
1963 De Babel/The Babel (play)
1963 Een roos van vlees/A flesh rose (novel)
1964 De hond met de blauwe tong/ The dog with the blue tongue (stories)
1965 Terug naar Oegstgeest/Back to Oestgeest (novel)
1967 Horrible Tango (novel)
1969 Turkish Delight/ Turks Fruit (novel) (filmed with Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven)
1971 Groeten van Rottumerplaat/Greetings from Rottumerplaat (autobiographical documentary)
1971 Werkkleding/Workclothing (autobiographical documentary)
1974 De walgvogel/The dodo (novel)
1975 Dominee met strooien hoed/Vicar with straw hat (novelle)
1977 De Kus/The Kiss (novel)
1979 De doodshoofdvlinder/The death-head hawkmoth (novel)
1980 De perzik van onsterfelijkheid/The peach of immortality (novel)
1981 Alle verhalen/All stories
1981 Brandende liefde/Burning Love (novel)
1982 De junival/The june trap (novel)
1983 Gifsla/Poisoned lettuce (roman)
1984 De onverbiddelijke tijd/The unforgiving time (roman)
1985 22 sprookjes, verhalen en fabels/22 fairy tales, stories and fables
1988 Kunstfruit en andere verhalen/Artificial fruit and other stories
1989 Jeugd jaagt voorbij/Youth passes by
1991 Tarzan in Arles (essays)
1991 Wat wij zien en horen/What we see and hear (stories, together with Bob and Tom Wolkers)
1994 Rembrandt in Rommeldam (essays)
1995 Zwarte Bevrijding/Black Liberation (book-week essay)
1996 Icarus en de vliegende tering/Icarus and the wasting disease
1997 Mondriaan op Mauritius/Mondrian on Mauritius (essays)
1998 Terug naar Jan Wolkers/Back to Jan Wolkers (contains: Kort Amerikaans, Een roos van vlees and Terug naar Oegstgeest)
1998 Het kruipend gedeelte des aardbodems/The crawling part of earth's surface (speech)
1999 Omringd door zee/Surrounded by sea (columns)
1999 De spiegel van Rembrandt/Rembrandt's mirror.
2005 Zomerhitte/Summer heath (book-week giveaway)
2006 2 Texel: Drummers Double Bill & Jan Wolkers (CD - music and spoken word - Drummers Double Bill)