Jan Siebelink
Jan Siebelink
In Knielen op een bed violen (My Father’s Garden) by Jan Siebelink (b. 1938) was awarded the ako Literature Prize and was published in German (Arche Verlag / dtv), Italian (Marsilio Editori), Danish (Tiderne Skifter) and is in preparation in Greek (Kastaniotis). A full English translation is available. Siebelink’s previous novel, De blauwe nacht (The Blue Night), was published in 2014.
Press on In My Father's Garden:
Nobody has written so penetratingly about how a person can become lost because of religion. – Suddeutsche Zeitung
I have never read a Dutch novel that is so pure and so well written. He deserves all the prizes we have this year. – Vrij Nederland
A truly majestic novel … Anyone who reads this book without a lump in his throat cannot be human. – Elsevier
Titles
- Margje, 2015
- Knielen op een bed violen (In My Father's Garden), 2005