BROUWERS, JEROEN

(1940- )

   Dutch-language writer Jeroen Brouwers was born in Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, on 30 April 1940. He moved to Brussels in 1964 to work for the publishing firm of Manteau. Introduced to Flemish culture and literature, he drew on the city as a source of his early work and city locales are identifiable in later works as well. His collection of essays and stories includes Greetjes uit Brussel (Greetings from Brussels [1969]). He returned to the Netherlands in 1976.