Frans Kellendonk
Franciscus Gerardus Petrus "Frans" Kellendonk was a Dutch novelist, writer and translator.
In 1987 he won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for his novel Mystiek lichaam.
Some of his writing was seen as controversial.
His literary archive and personal papers are part of the archive collection of Leiden University.
The Frans Kellendonk Prize
His name is given to the annual literary Frans Kellendonk Prize. Recipients include:- Arnon Grunberg, 2010.
- Esther Gerritsen, 2014.
- Hanna Bervoets, 2017.
- Joost de Vries, 2023.
Publication
- Franciscus Gerardus Petrus Kellendonk: John & Richard Marriott. The history of a seventeenth-century publishing house. Amsterdam, 1978..
- Bouwval.
- Mystiek lichaam.