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100 years of Jan Wolkers (1925 – 2007): sculptor, painter and writer

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • October 22, 2025

On October 26, 2025, it will be one hundred years since Jan Wolkers was born. Wolkers became known as a sculptor, painter, and writer. Wolkers passed away in Westermient on October 19, 2007. His hundredth birthday is being celebrated in Oegstgeest, Amsterdam...

October is Jan Wolkers month

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • October 4, 2022

Jan Wolkers was born in October 1925 and died in October 2007. This year marks 15 years since the death of the most famous writer of Oegstgeest and the Netherlands. Every year this month, Dorpsmarketing Oegstgeest organizes the Jan Wolkers...

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