Louis Ferron dies

Writer Louis Ferron died on 26 August at the age of 63. Ferron made his debut in 1962 with the poem cycle Kleine krijgskunde (Small Theory of War). Since 1974 he has published many novels and essays. In addition he has translated novels by Baldwin and Nabokov.

In 1978 he received the Multatuli Prize for De keisnijder van Fichtenwald (The Stone-Cutter of Fichtenwald). In 1990 he was awarded the AKO Literature Prize for Karelische nachten (Karelian Nights) and in 1994 De Walsenkoning (The Waltz King) won the F. Bordewijk Prize. In 2001 Ferron was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his oeuvre.

Published: August 29, 2005 fiction | im | news