J. J. Voskuil


Johannes Jacobus Voskuil was a Dutch novelist known best for his epic novel Het Bureau. In 1997 he won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for his novels Meneer Beerta and Vuile handen, and in 1998 the Libris Prize for Het bureau 3: Plankton.

Scientific Works

  • 1956 - The Dutch of Hindustani children in Suriname
  • 1969 - Hanging the afterbirth of the horse
  • 1978 - Twelve bakers and two bakers' daughters have a conversation with JJ Voskuil
  • 1979 - From wickerwork to brick. History of the walls of the farmhouse in the Netherlands
  • 1982 - Kohieren of the tenth medal of Overschie 1561 and Twisk 1561

Fiction

  • 1963 - On closer inspection
  • 1998 - Word of thanks for the acceptance of the Bordewijk Prize
  • 1999 - Nicolien's mother
  • 2000 - Travel Diary 1981
  • 2002 - Requiem for a Friend
  • 2004 - Casually, hikes 1957-1973
  • 2005 - Outside shot, hikes 1974-1982
  • 2006 - Gradually, hikes 1983-1992
  • 2007 - Journal 1955-1956
  • 2007 - Among other things, portraits and memories
  • 2007 - Bestiary
  • 2007 - Alone in the world
  • 2008 - Human Children

Posthumous

The Office

  1. 1996 - Mister Beerta
  2. 1996 - Dirty Hands -
  3. 1997 - Plankton -
  4. 1998 - The A.P. Beerta Institute
  5. 1999 - And Melancholy, Too
  6. 2000 - Failure
  7. 2000 - The Death of Maarten Koning
  • 2000 - Entrance to The Office
The Office was included in the list of the NRC's Best Dutch novels in 2007.

Others

  • 1963 - When I Grow Up
  • 1995 - Geert van Oorschot, Letters from a publisher
  • 2005 - Hanny Michaelis, A selection from her poems by JJ Voskuil
  • 2012 - Hopefully things will soon go better with God
  • 2013 - Henk Romijn Meijer & JJ Voskuil, A trans-Atlantic correspondence
  • 2014 - I am not me. Voskuil's book reviews from the 1950s, preceded by an extensive interview by Detlev van Heest with Voskuil's widow.