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Jan Wolkers

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Also known as Jan Hendrik Wolkers, J. H. Wolkers, J.H. Wolkers

Dutch sculptor and writer (1925–2007)

Person · Open Library

Born
1925
Died
2007
Works
75

Top works

  • Serpentina's petticoat
  • De hond met de blauwe tong
  • TURKS FRUIT
  • Terug naar oegstgeest
  • Gesponnen suiker

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1925-10-26
Active to
2007-10-19
author

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
89
Total plays
1,294

Jan Wolkers (1925-2007) was a Dutch novelist, poet, painter and sculptor whose sex-charged books helped shake off the shackles of postwar conservatism in the Netherlands. His best-known book was “Turkish Delight,” about a stormy relationship between a sculptor and his girlfriend who break up and are reunited shortly before she dies of a brain tumor. It was published in 1969 and has been translated into a dozen languages. In 1973 it was made into a film <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jan+Wol

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