Quote by: Cees Nooteboom

Language is something you inherit, it's never just you doing the talking, which helps when you're pretending.


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Author Bio


  • NameCees Nooteboom
  • DescriptionDutch writer
  • BornJuly 31, 1933
  • CountryNetherlands
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer; Novelist
  • AwardsP. C. Hooft Award; Constantijn Huygens Prize; Austrian State Prize For European Literature; Grand Merit Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany; Jan Campert Prize; Charlemagne Medal For European Media; Multatuli Award; Prijs Der Nederlandse Letteren; Herman Gorterprijs; Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize; Cestoda Price