Frans Pointl

Frans Pointl (1 August 1933 – 1 October 2015) was a Dutch writer.[1]

Frans Pointl
Born	(1933-08-01)1 August 1933 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	1 October 2015(2015-10-01) (aged 82) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Dutch

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]

References

1. D. van Galen Last; Rolf Wolfswinkel (1 January 1996). Anne Frank and After. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 137–. ISBN 978-90-5356-177-5.
2. Literatuur in klank en beeld: audiovisuele en digitale media bij het literatuuronderwijs Nederlands (in Dutch). NBD Biblion Publishers. 1997. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-90-5483-114-3.
3. J. J. M. Bos; Reinder Storm (2003). Het Literatuurboek (in Dutch). Waanders. ISBN 978-90-400-8886-5.
4. "Schrijver Frans Pointl (82) overleden". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.

External links

• Profile of Pointl at dnbl.org

Selected bibliography

• Frans Pointl (31 October 2009). De kip die over de soep vloog. Singel Uitgeverijen. pp. 179–. ISBN 978-90-388-9173-6.