Frans Pointl
Frans Pointl (1 August 1933 – 1 October 2015) was a Dutch writer.[1]
Frans Pointl | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 August 1933 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 1 October 2015 (aged 82) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Dutch |
Pointl was born in 1933 in Amsterdam, the son of a Jewish mother and an Austrian father. During World War II he went in hiding. He only began publishing later in life; his debut, De kip die over de soep vloog ("The chicken that flew over the soup"), is a collection of autobiographical stories that also describe that time. The book was an instant success and earned him a nomination for the ECI Literatuurprijs.[2][3]
He spent the last years of his life in a nursing home in Amsterdam but continued to write. His last book, De laatste kamer ("The last room"), was published in 2013. He wrote of longing for death: "Being old is a chronic disease. Every night before I go to sleep I hope to slip into eternity. I've already written my epitaph: 'Finally liberated from people'". Pointl died on 1 October 2015.[4]
References
- D. van Galen Last; Rolf Wolfswinkel (1 January 1996). Anne Frank and After. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 137–. ISBN 978-90-5356-177-5.
- Literatuur in klank en beeld: audiovisuele en digitale media bij het literatuuronderwijs Nederlands (in Dutch). NBD Biblion Publishers. 1997. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-90-5483-114-3.
- J. J. M. Bos; Reinder Storm (2003). Het Literatuurboek (in Dutch). Waanders. ISBN 978-90-400-8886-5.
- "Schrijver Frans Pointl (82) overleden". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
External links
Selected bibliography
- Frans Pointl (31 October 2009). De kip die over de soep vloog. Singel Uitgeverijen. pp. 179–. ISBN 978-90-388-9173-6.