Arnon Yasha Yves Grunberg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈÉ'rnÉ"n ˈjÉ'ʃaË
iË v ˈɣrÊ nbÉ›rx]; born 22 February 1971) is a Dutch writer of
novels, essays, and columns, as well as a journalist. He wrote some of
his work under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt. He lives in New
York.Grunberg was born as Arnon Yasha Yves Grünberg on 22 February
1971 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He grew up in a family of Jewish
immigrants, originally from Germany.[1][2] His mother was a survivor
of concentration camp Auschwitz.[3][4] Grunberg attended the Vossius
Gymnasium in Amsterdam, but he got expelled in 1988.[5] Before
publishing his first novel, he held various odd jobs, and tried his
hand at acting in a short film by Dutch avant-garde film maker Cyrus
Frisch. From 1990 to 1993, Grunberg had his own publishing house
Kasimir, which was financially unsuccessful.[6][7]Grunberg made his
literary debut in 1994 with the novel Blauwe maandagen (Blue Mondays),
which won the Anton Wachter Prize for best debut novel.[8] Critics
hailed it as a "grotesque comedy, a rarity in Dutch literature."[9] In
2000, he was the first to win to this debut prize again, but this time
under his heteronym Marek van der Jagt, for the novel De geschiedenis
van mijn kaalheid (The Story of My Baldness).[10]
iË v ˈɣrÊ nbÉ›rx]; born 22 February 1971) is a Dutch writer of
novels, essays, and columns, as well as a journalist. He wrote some of
his work under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt. He lives in New
York.Grunberg was born as Arnon Yasha Yves Grünberg on 22 February
1971 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He grew up in a family of Jewish
immigrants, originally from Germany.[1][2] His mother was a survivor
of concentration camp Auschwitz.[3][4] Grunberg attended the Vossius
Gymnasium in Amsterdam, but he got expelled in 1988.[5] Before
publishing his first novel, he held various odd jobs, and tried his
hand at acting in a short film by Dutch avant-garde film maker Cyrus
Frisch. From 1990 to 1993, Grunberg had his own publishing house
Kasimir, which was financially unsuccessful.[6][7]Grunberg made his
literary debut in 1994 with the novel Blauwe maandagen (Blue Mondays),
which won the Anton Wachter Prize for best debut novel.[8] Critics
hailed it as a "grotesque comedy, a rarity in Dutch literature."[9] In
2000, he was the first to win to this debut prize again, but this time
under his heteronym Marek van der Jagt, for the novel De geschiedenis
van mijn kaalheid (The Story of My Baldness).[10]
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