Harry Bekkering Explained

Harry Bekkering (born in 1944 in Roosteren) is a Dutch cultural scientist. He is an author and an associate professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen.^{[1] [2]}

Bekkering was born in 1944 in Roosteren.^[3] For several years he was professor of Language and Culture Studies at the Radboud University Nijmegen, specializing in children's and youth literature.^[4] He obtained his doctorate for research into Simon Vestdijk's essayistics. In the 1980s and 1990s he was a board member and chairman of the Vestdijkkring. He was also a board member of the Jan Campert Foundation. In 1989 he published is first book De eeuw van Sien en Otje. De twintigste eeuw,^[5] followed by De hele Bibelebontse berg: De geschiedenis van het kinderboek in Nederland & Vlaanderen van de Middeleeuwen tot heden, published the same year with Querido in Amsterdam.^[6]

Works

• De eeuw van Sien en Otje. De twintigste eeuw (1989)
• De hele Bibelebontse berg (1989)
• Veroverde traditie. De poëticale opvattingen van S. Vestdijk (1989)
• De bloemlezing als breekijzer (1997)
• Ik had wel duizend levens en ik nam er maar één! Cees Nooteboom (1997)

External links

• Harry Bekkering at the Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)

Notes and References

1. Book: van Lierop-Debrauwer . Helma . Bekkering . Harry . Dat moet je gelezen hebben literaire en educatieve canonvorming in de (jeugd)literatuur . 2004 . Biblion Uitgeverij . 221 . 14 June 2022 . nl.
2. Book: Cartens . Daan . Der Augenmensch Cees Nooteboom . 1995 . Suhrkamp . 9783518388600 . 297 . de.
3. Book: Ons erfdeel Volume 32 . 1989 . Stichting Ons Erfdeel . 675 . 14 June 2022 . fr, nl.
4. Book: Desmet . Mieke K. T. . Babysitting the Reader Translating English Narrative Fiction for Girls Into Dutch (1946-1995) . 2007 . Peter Lang . 9783039111473 . 45 . 14 June 2022.
5. Book: Mantingh . Erwin . Aussems . Mark . Kijk op de Middeleeuwen . 2008 . Verloren . 9789087040666 . 240 . 14 June 2022 . nl.
6. Book: Pettegree . Andrew . der Weduwen . Arthur . The Bookshop of the World Making and Trading Books in the Dutch Golden Age . 2019 . Yale University Press . 9780300230079 . 421 . 14 June 2022.