biography
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Carmiggelt, Simon Johannes
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pseudonyms Kronkel and Karel Bralleput
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pronunciation:
[kah(r)mikhelt]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1913–87)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in The Hague, W Netherlands. He began as a journalist writing short humorous texts known as ‘cursiefjes’ (cursive columns). From 1945 until 1984 he wrote for the Parool newspaper, of which he was the co-founder, contributing the so-called ‘Kronkels’ (Kinks), short texts describing ordinary subject matter in a funny and perceptive way, full of irony and understatement. In the 1950s he wrote poetry in the Forum tradition under his pseudonym Karel Bralleput. In addition, he wrote cabaret texts and accompanying film texts for the Bert Haanstra films Alleman (1963, Everyman) and De stem van het water (1966, The Voice of the Water). In 1974 he was awarded the P C Hooft-prijs for his entire body of work. After his death, the writer Renate Rubinstein revealed her secret liaison with Carmiggelt in ‘Mijn beter ik’ which put his public image as a respectable family man in a different perspective. |
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