How old was Cees Nooteboom?

Cees Nooteboom died on February 11, 2026 at the age of 92.

When is Cees Nooteboom's birthday?

Cees Nooteboom was born on July 31, 1933.

Where was Cees Nooteboom born?

Cees Nooteboom was born in The Hague.

What is Cees Nooteboom's zodiac sign?

Cees Nooteboom's zodiac sign is Leo.

What is Cees Nooteboom's nationality?

Cees Nooteboom is a citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands.

What does Cees Nooteboom do?

Cees Nooteboom is known as poet, writer, novelist, literary critic.

Who has Cees Nooteboom been married to?

According to Wikidata, Cees Nooteboom's spouses include Fanny Lichtveld, Simone Sassen.

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch novelist, poet and journalist (1933–2026)

Died aged 92LeoKingdom of the Netherlands

Biography

Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria "Cees" Nooteboom (Dutch pronunciation: [seːs ˈnoːtəboːm]; 31 July 1933 – 11 February 2026) was a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel Rituals (Rituelen, 1980), which won the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into an English-language edition, published in 1983 by Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) of the United States. LSU Press published his two earlier novels in English in the following years, as well as other works up until 1990. Harcourt (now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Grove Press have since published some of his works in English.

Nooteboom won numerous literary awards and was mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature.

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Family

Spouse(s): Fanny LichtveldSimone Sassen

Awards & honours (22)

P.C. Hooft Award
Constantijn Huygens Prize
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Jan Campert Prize for poetry
Charlemagne Medal for European Media
Multatuli Award
Dutch Literature Prize
Herman Gorterprijs
Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize
Cestoda price
Anne Frank Prize
Dirk Martensprijs
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin
Golden Owl
ANV-Visser Neerlandia prize for drama
Horst Bienek Award for Poetry
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class
Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt award
Bob den Uyl Prize

Quick answers about Cees Nooteboom

How old was Cees Nooteboom?: Cees Nooteboom died on February 11, 2026 at the age of 92.
When is Cees Nooteboom's birthday?: Cees Nooteboom was born on July 31, 1933.
Where was Cees Nooteboom born?: Cees Nooteboom was born in The Hague.
What is Cees Nooteboom's zodiac sign?: Cees Nooteboom's zodiac sign is Leo.
What is Cees Nooteboom's nationality?: Cees Nooteboom is a citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands.
What does Cees Nooteboom do?: Cees Nooteboom is known as poet, writer, novelist, literary critic.
Who has Cees Nooteboom been married to?: According to Wikidata, Cees Nooteboom's spouses include Fanny Lichtveld, Simone Sassen.