Geerten Jan Maria Meijsing (born 9 August 1950) is a Dutch writer, translator and novelist. He won the

AKO Literatuurprijs The Bookspot Literatuurprijs (previously ECI Literatuurprijs, AKO Literatuurprijs and Generale Bank Literatuurprijs) is a prize for literature in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is awarded to authors writing in Dutch and amounts to 50,000. The ...

in 1988 for his novel '' Veranderlijk en wisselvallig (Fickle and Changeable)'', and in 1999 the Gouden Uil Literatuurprijs for his novel '' Tussen mes en keel (Between Knife and Throat)''. He published most of his early books under the pseudonym Joyce & Co, notably a trilogy devoted to literature, painting, and music ('' Erwin'', '' Michael van Mander'', and ''

Cecilia Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls born ...

''). Geerten Meijsing has one daughter, Iris, named after Iris Storm from Michael Arlen's novel ''The Green Hat''. He is the younger brother of novelist

Doeschka Meijsing Maria Johanna Meijsing (21 October 1947 – 30 January 2012) was a Dutch novelist. She won the AKO Literatuurprijs in 2000 for her novel '' De tweede man'', and in 2008 the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for her novel ''Over de liefde''. Doeschka Mei ...

Works

* 1975 - ''Erwin'' (written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1979 - ''Michael van Mander'' (written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1981 - ''Een meisjesleven'' (''A Girl's Life''; written under pseudonym Eefje Wijnberg) * 1982 - ''Erwins echo'' (''Erwin's Echo''; written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1982 - ''Venetiaanse brieven en Calabrese dagboeken'' (''Venetian Letters and Calabrian Diaries''; written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1982 - ''Werkbrieven 1968-1981'' (''Working Correspondence''; with

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and

Frans Verpoorten Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat ...

; written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1986 - ''Cecilia'' (written under pseudonym Joyce & Co) * 1986 - ''De koffer'' (''The Suitcase'') * 1987 - ''Veranderlijk en wisselvallig'' (''Fickle and Changeable'') * 1991 - ''Altijd de vrouw'' (''Always the Woman'') * 1992 - ''De grachtengordel'' (''Inner Circles'') * 1993 - ''De palmen van Amsterdam'' (''Palmtrees in Amsterdam''; with

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) * 1995 - ''De ongeschreven leer'' (''The Unwritten Doctrine'') * 1997 - ''Tussen mes en keel'' (''Between Knife and Throat'') * 1999 - ''Kerstnacht in de kathedraal'' (''Christmas Night in the Cathedral'') * 2000 - ''Dood meisje'' (''Dead Girl'') * 2000 - ''Stucwerk'' (''Stucco'') * 2003 - ''Malocchio'' * 2005 - ''Moord & Doodslag'' (''Murder and Manslaughter''; with

) * 2006 - ''Stukwerk'' (''Piecework'') * 2007 - ''Siciliaanse vespers'' (''Sicilian Vespers'') * 2009 - ''De grote snelle schepen: enkele reis'' (''The Large and Fast Ships: Single Journey'') * 2016 - ''Brieven aan Nanne Tepper'' (''Letters to Nanne Tepper'')

References

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