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Kees van Beijnum
Kees van Beijnum (born 21 March 1954 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch writer. He grew up in Amsterdam, where his mother had a bar near the Zeedijk. Before he became a writer, he was a journalist. He made his debut as a novelist in 1991 with "Over het IJ", a non-fiction novel about a murder case in Amsterdam.
The novel "De ordening", published in 1998, was based on the life of Florentine Rost van Tonningen (1914-
- 1998 - Helga Ruebsamen for "Het lied en de waarheid"
- 1999 - Gijs IJlander for "Twee harten op een schotel"
- 2000 - Peter Verhelst for "Tongkat; Een verhalenbordeel"
- 2001 - Kees van Beijnum for "De oesters van Nam Kee"
- 2002 - Stefan Hertmans for "Als op de eerste dag"
- 2003 - L.H. Wiener for "Nestor"
- 2004 - Arnon Grunberg for "De asielzoeker"
- 2005 - Paul Verhaeghen for "Omega Minor