Jan Siebelink
Author of Knielen op een bed violen
About the Author
Works by Jan Siebelink
Een evenwichtig bestaan 2 copies
Eigen teelt 2 copies
Drie verhalen 2 copies
Erfenis 2 copies
Zaailingen 1 copy
Troost een vertelling 1 copy
De achtste deur — Author — 1 copy
Familie 1 copy
Witte chrysanten 1 copy
Literatuur en cultuur — Author — 1 copy
Associated Works
The Dedalus Book of Dutch Fantasy (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1990) — Contributor — 42 copies
Leve de boekhandel! nieuwe verhalen over het theater van de literatuur (2021) — Contributor — 9 copies
Büch's boeket. 4: Boudewijn Büch koos verhalen van auteurs bij Uitgeverij Meulenhoff Nederland — Contributor — 7 copies
Nederland leest : de mooiste korte verhalen - Gelderland leest — Contributor — 7 copies
Sport : de 141 beste Nederlandse en Vlaamse sportverhalen van 1945 tot nu (2007) — Contributor — 5 copies
Over X-jes, de zandloper en de herenbobbel. Een handleiding tot de kunsten voor Maarten Asscher (1998) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Siebelink, Jan
- Legal name
- Siebelink, Jan Geurt
- Birthdate
- 1938-02-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- The Netherlands
- Country (for map)
- The Netherlands
- Birthplace
- Velp, The Netherlands
- Places of residence
- Velp, The Netherlands
Ede, The Netherlands - Education
- ulo
kweekschool
Franse taal- en letterkunde - Occupations
- Writer
Essayist
Teacher Dutch and French language - Relationships
- Siebelink, Gerda (echtg.)
Siebelink, Jeroen (zoon) - Awards and honors
- Littéraire Witte Prijs (1997)
Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw (2009) - Short biography
- Jan Geurt Siebelink (Velp, 13 februari 1938) is een Nederlandse schrijver en essayist.
Siebelink groeide op in een streng-godsdienstig christelijk gezin. Hij werd leraar Nederlands en Frans en studeerde in zijn vrije tijd Franse taal- en letterkunde. Naast zijn leraarsbaan begon hij te schrijven en bracht hij een aantal romans en verhalen voort.
Zijn belangrijkste romans zijn: De herfst zal schitterend zijn; En joeg de vossen door het staande koren; De overkant van de rivier; Vera; Margaretha en de bestseller Knielen op een bed violen.
In het laatstgenoemde boek vertelt Siebelink over de godsdienstige kring waar zijn vader toe behoorde en hoe hij daar zelf bij betrokken werd.
Van Knielen op een bed violen waren in 2008 meer dan 500.000 exemplaren verkocht. In september 2009 kwam de vijftigste druk uit.
Naast zijn literaire werk schreef Siebelink ook essays over decadente Franse literatuur. Hij is woonachtig in Ede.
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With Brengschuld Jan Siebelink returns to the garden company of his parents that was the scene of his bestselling novel Knielen op een bed violen and with it to the oppresive atmosphere of the sectarian strict religion of his youth.
While Brengschuld is a very short novel, there are a very large number of characters, and since I read the other book more than 10 years ago, it was difficult to get a grip on this new book. Besides, the book is narrated in reverse chronological order and / or with flash backs, a confusing structure. Although the explanation of the title is clear from the book, the significance is obscure.
A vague and dissatisfactory novel.… (more)
While Brengschuld is a very short novel, there are a very large number of characters, and since I read the other book more than 10 years ago, it was difficult to get a grip on this new book. Besides, the book is narrated in reverse chronological order and / or with flash backs, a confusing structure. Although the explanation of the title is clear from the book, the significance is obscure.
A vague and dissatisfactory novel.… (more)
The story of Suezkade is remarkably straightforward and simple for a book of nearly 400 pages. Most chapters are very short and the book is very readable.
Marc Cordesius is a young teacher who starts teaching French at a school after an introduction by a friend. Although inexperienced and not trained as a teacher, he seems to have a natural talent for teaching. Himself independently wealthy, he does not need the job for a living, so he can avoid school politics and speak his mind relatively freely. Intellectually superior to the other teachers, the head master has a high esteem of Cordesius and shields him from affairs in the school. The microcosmos of the school is a bit of a moral cesspool that the idealistic Cordesius has strayed into.
It is up to the reader to decide to what extent Cordesius is corrupted by the school. His actions have clear precedent at the school, and it is only from the perspective of the reader to decide whether Cordesius isn't just as perfidious as his predecessors and colleagues.
Likewise, the role of the student he adores is highly ambiguous. Love seems to be tainted and desctructive, and Cordesius cannot escape its tentacles.… (more)
Marc Cordesius is a young teacher who starts teaching French at a school after an introduction by a friend. Although inexperienced and not trained as a teacher, he seems to have a natural talent for teaching. Himself independently wealthy, he does not need the job for a living, so he can avoid school politics and speak his mind relatively freely. Intellectually superior to the other teachers, the head master has a high esteem of Cordesius and shields him from affairs in the school. The microcosmos of the school is a bit of a moral cesspool that the idealistic Cordesius has strayed into.
It is up to the reader to decide to what extent Cordesius is corrupted by the school. His actions have clear precedent at the school, and it is only from the perspective of the reader to decide whether Cordesius isn't just as perfidious as his predecessors and colleagues.
Likewise, the role of the student he adores is highly ambiguous. Love seems to be tainted and desctructive, and Cordesius cannot escape its tentacles.… (more)
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Siebelinks school centered stories often have elements of the grotesk. The central persona, often a teacher of French language, is often portrayed as a stylish, affluent person, surrounded by caricatures of peculiar or even mad colleages and a weak principal. The development of the story is surrealistisch.
Swijgman starts working as a teacher at a school near his hometown. The school and the small community are a nest of intrigue. His initiation as a teacher takes place in an atmosphere of gossip, jealousy and backstabbing, which becomes as actual act in a play acted out on stage. Thus, life is turned into a absurd play. The best Swijgman can do is walk away.… (more)