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Cees Nooteboom, Dutch novelist and travel writer, dies aged 92

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Writer made international breakthrough with 1980 novel Rituals and won acclaim for his travel writing

The Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, whose novels, travel writing and translations made him a prominent literary figure in postwar Europe, has died aged 92.

Publishing house De Bezige Bij said in a statement on Wednesday evening that Nooteboom had “passed away very peacefully on his beloved island Menorca”. The statement was made on behalf of the author’s wife, the photographer Simone Sassen.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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