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For his book De Heilige Rita, Tommy Wieringa received the BookSpot Literature Prize 2018. The jury announced it Thursday night. The prize, previously known as the ECI Literature Prize and the AKO Literature Prize, includes a sum of 50,000 euros and a sculpture. The name of the winner was announced in RTL Late Night on RTL 4.
,, The book is in all respects a classic novel by a master storyteller, who knows how to surprise and charm, inspire and move ", according to the president of the jury, Jos Geysels Minister of State in Belgium and former president of the Flemish Fund for Literature
I wish to dedicate the prize to Saint Rita and all the desperate cases that she protects ", said Wieringa in a brief thank you. He showed a medallion, a golden scapular of the saint Rita that a reader had sent him
. The other nominees were Suzanna Jansen (Despite gravity), Peter Middendorp (You are mine), Arjen van Veelen (Notes on mobile Obelisks), Aukelien Weverling (In all cities) and Peter Verhelst (To forget). They each receive 5000 euros.
Earlier on Thursday, De Heilige Rita from Wieringa also received the Readers' Prize. Fifty selected readers from the Netherlands and Flanders have determined that his book about a son who cares for his father, with whom he lives together, is the best. He will receive another 10,000 euros for this public price.
Wieringa has won numerous awards with books such as Joe Speedboot and These are the names.
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