Marga Minco

Dutch journalist and writer (1920–2023)

Marga Minco (pseudonym of Sara Menco, 31 March 1920 – July 10, 2023[1][2][3]) was a Dutch journalist and writer. Her real surname was Menco, but an official accidentally switched the first vowel. She was born in Ginneken to an Orthodox Jewish family. In 1957 Minco published her first book, Het bittere kruid [nl] ("The bitter herb"). The title of a later book was Een leeg huis ("A empty house").[4]

Marga Minco in 1981

Awards change

  • 1957 – Bureau voor Postreclame en Adressen De Mutator N.V. Short-story Prize for Het adres
  • 1958 – Vijverberg Prize for Het bittere kruid[5]
  • 1999 – Annie Romein Prize for her entire oeuvre
  • 2005 – Constantijn Huygens Prize for her entire oeuvre

References change

  1. "Schrijfster Marga Minco (103) overleden" [Writer Marga Minco (103) passed away]. Het Parool (in Dutch). 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  2. "Schrijfster Marga Minco (103) overleden, bekend van Het bittere kruid" [Writer Marga Minco (103) passed away, known for The bitter herb]. RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. "Schrijfster Marga Minco (103) overleden, 'de Nederlandse stem in Europese oorlogsliteratuur'". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  4. "De omgebrachte familie van Marga Minco kon voortbestaan in haar verhalen" [The slain family of Marga Minco could survive in her stories]. NRC (in Dutch). 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  5. "P.C. Hooftprijs voor Marga Minco: meer dan schrijfster 'Het bittere kruid'" [PC Main prize for Marga Minco: more than writer 'Het bittere kruid']. NRC (in Dutch). 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2023-07-14.

Other websites change

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