About Jan Siebelink
Born 1938. Jan Siebelink is a Dutch writer, politician, teacher and author.
Jan Geurt Siebelink (born 13 February 1938 in Velp, Gelderland) is a Dutch author. In 2005, he wrote the novel Knielen op een bed violen (literally , translated into English as In my father's garden ) that sold over 700,000 copies. In 1991, he won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for De overkant van de rivier.
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Who is Jan Siebelink?
Dutch writer (born 1938)
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Jan Siebelink was born on 13 February 1938 in Velp.
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Jan Siebelink is a writer, politician, teacher and author.
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Jan Siebelink is Dutch.
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