Rudy Kousbroek
Since the 1970s, Rudy Kousbroek (1929-2010) has been writing essays for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad on subjects ranging from politics to bicycles, cars and the Dutch national character.
Non-Fiction
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These essays have been collected in various volumes under the collective name of ‘Anathemas’. Kousbroek’s other writings include De aaibaarheidsfactor (The Strokability Factor; 1969), a phenomenology of cats.