Jan Hendrik Wolkers (born Oegstgeest, 26 october 1925) is a Dutch author and artist. In post World War II Dutch literature he is considered one of the "Great Four" along with Willem Frederik Hermans, Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve (the latter authors are also known as the "Great Three"). He became noted in the sixties mainly for his strikingly direct descriptions of sex; today, however, he is recognised for his appealing and original atyle rather than for his troubles with the conservative society in his early days.

As of 2003 he resided on the island of Texel. A number of his outdoor statues in the Netherlands have been subject to vandalism, presumably due to his use of glass as a construction material. Some examples are the Auschwitz-monument in Amsterdam and the monument on the dike at Ceres on Texel. In reaction to the destruction of the monument in 2003, Wolkers announced that he would use less glass and more steel for such monuments in future. The Jac. P. Thijsse monument in the water at Elemert on Texel does contain more steel, but glass is still a substantial part of the artwork.

Bibliography

• 1961 Serpentina's Petticoat (stories)
• 1962 Kort Amerikaans (novel)
• 1963 Gesponnen suiker (stories)
• 1963 De Babel (play)
• 1963 Een roos van vlees (novel)
• 1964 De hond met de blauwe tong (stories)
• 1965 Terug naar Oegstgeest (novel)
• 1967 Horrible Tango (novel)
• 1969 Turks Fruit (novel) (filmed with Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven )
• 1971 Groeten van Rottumerplaat (autobiographical documentary)
• 1971 Werkkleding (autobiographical documentary)
• 1974 De walgvogel (novel)
• 1975 Dominee met strooien hoed (novelle)
• 1977 De Kus (novel)
• 1979 De doodshoofdvlinder (novel)
• 1980 De perzik van onsterfelijkheid (novel)
• 1981 Alle verhalen
• 1981 Brandende liefde (novel)
• 1982 De junival (novel)
• 1983 Gifsla (roman)
• 1984 De onverbiddelijke tijd (roman)
• 1985 22 sprookjes, verhalen en fabels
• 1988 Kunstfruit en andere verhalen
• 1989 Jeugd jaagt voorbij
• 1991 Tarzan in Arles (essays)
• 1991 Wat wij zien en horen (stories, together with Bob and Tom Wolkers)
• 1994 Rembrandt in Rommeldam (essays)
• 1995 Zwarte Bevrijding (book-week essay)
• 1996 Icarus en de vliegende tering
• 1997 Mondriaan op Mauritius (essays)
• 1998 Terug naar Jan Wolkers (contains: Kort Amerikaans, Een roos van vlees and Terug naar Oegstgeest)
• 1998 Het kruipend gedeelte des aardbodems (speech)
• 1999 Omringd door zee (columns)
• 1999 De spiegel van Rembrandt
• 2005 Boekenweekgeschenk (book-week giveaway)

Reference

• translated from Dutch Wikipedia