Reviewed in Scholieren.com.
Willem Cornelis Jacobus (Boeli) van Leeuwen:
He was a son of Pieter Hendrik van Leeuwen, district master in Curacao, then Governor of Bonaire and later Governor of the Windward Islands. (...) As a writer, he debuted in 1959 with the novel De rots der struikeling for which he received in 1961 the Vijverberg Prize (now Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize). Within this work life plays an important role in Curaçao. This is often linked to major biblical themes about guilt, sexuality and responsibility. The paradoxes between individual and social environment are thus expressed.
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