Frans Pointl
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frans Pointl | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 August 1933 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 1 October 2015 (aged 82) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Dutch |
Frans Pointl (1 August 1933 – 1 October 2015) was a Dutch writer.[1]
Pointl was born in 1933 in Amsterdam, the son of a Jewish mother and an Austrian father. During World War II he went in hiding. He only began publishing later in life; his debut, De kip die over de soep vloog ("The chicken that flew over the soup"), is a collection of autobiographical stories that also describe that time. The book was an instant success and earned him a nomination for the ECI Literatuurprijs.[2][3]
He spent the last years of his life in a nursing home in Amsterdam but continued to write. His last book, De laatste kamer ("The last room"), was published in 2013. He wrote of longing for death: "Being old is a chronic disease. Every night before I go to sleep I hope to slip into eternity. I've already written my epitaph: 'Finally liberated from people'". Pointl died on 1 October 2015.[4]
