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Cees Nooteboom

1933 - Today

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Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria "Cees" Nooteboom (Dutch pronunciation: [seːs ˈnoːtəboːm]; born 31 July 1933) is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel Rituals (Rituelen, 1980), which won the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into an English-language edition, published in 1983 by Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) of the United States. LSU Press published his two earlier novels in English in the following years, as well as other works up until 1990. Harcourt (now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Grove Press have since published some of his works in English. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cees Nooteboom is the 1,405th most popular writer (down from 1,097th in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 165th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cees Nooteboom ranks 1,405 out of 7,302. Before him are Bulat Okudzhava, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Elsa Triolet, Ko Un, Rosika Schwimmer, and James Baldwin. After him are Roland Topor, Hartmann Schedel, Machado de Assis, Sergey Mikhalkov, Ihara Saikaku, and Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues.

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Among people born in 1933, Cees Nooteboom ranks 105. Before him are John Mayall, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Henri, Count of Paris, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Jehan Sadat, and Ko Un. After him are Lubomyr Husar, The Singing Nun, Isao Iwabuchi, Henry Hartsfield, Sheldon Adelson, and Philippe de Broca.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cees Nooteboom ranks 220 out of 1,646. Before him are Dries van Agt (1931), William I, Count of Holland (1167), Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588), Carel Struycken (1948), Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1460), and Wim Jansen (1946). After him are Willem Blaeu (1571), Frank de Boer (1970), Jan Jongbloed (1940), Joop Zoetemelk (1946), Jaap Stam (1972), and Abe Lenstra (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Cees Nooteboom ranks 8. Before him are Thomas Bernhard (1931), Multatuli (1820), Harry Mulisch (1927), Etty Hillesum (1914), Robert van Gulik (1910), and Constantijn Huygens (1596). After him are Dick Bruna (1927), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), Cornelis Tromp (1629), Jacob Cats (1577), and Cornelis de Bruijn (1652).

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