Kees van Kooten
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Cornelis Reinier (Kees) van Kooten (born 10 August 1941 The Hague) is a Dutch comedian, television actor, and author.
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Biography
Van Kooten was born as the oldest child of Cornelis Reinier van Kooten en Anna Geertruida Snaauw. He has one sister, Anke, who is a year younger. He met his wife Barbara Kits in 1959 and married her on October 18, 1968. The lived in Van Kooten's birth city The hague, but after their marriage moved to the the polder village of Zuidoostbeemster, where their two children were born, Kasper in 1971 and Kim in 1974. Both would become well-known performers in the Netherlands. In 1978 the family moved to Hilversum and in 1996 to Amsterdam.
Koot en Bie
Van Kooten is best known for his collaboration with Wim de Bie. With him he would form the comedic duo Van Kooten en De Bie in a variety of often very popular programs for the VPRO broadcasting organization from 1972 to 1998. Their collaboration had started in the Dalton Lyceum high school in The Hague, where they had formed a theater group named Cebrah. Between 1972 and 1985 they would also yearly publish a tear-off calendar named Bescheurkalender (combining the words tear-off and splitting one's sides), a word which is now officially included in Dutch dictionaries for any humorous block-calendar.
Author
Van Kooten has written some 47 books, including bundles of short stories and autobiographical material. Few have been translated in English, perhaps because the appeal in his writing hinges often on word plays in Dutch and his light satire of Dutch society. He often wrote under a wide variety of pseudonyms, including Koot, Jan Blommers, Hans van Dek, Tj. Hekking, Heer Koot, Harry F. Kriele en Roman Tate, and several together with Wim de Bie. Among his better known works are:
- 1969: Treitertrends ("trends in provocation")
- 1970: Treitertrends 2 (ISBN 90-234-7017-6)
- 1972: Laatste Treitertrends (ISBN 90-234-7019-2)
- 1977: Koot droomt zich af (ISBN 90-234-0595-1) ("
- 1979: Koot graaft zich autobio (ISBN 90-234-0684-2)
- 1982: Veertig (ISBN 90-234-786-5)
- 1984: Modermismen (ISBN 90-234-2321-6)
- 1988: Zeven sloten (ISBN 90-234-6092-8)
- 1989: Meest modermismen (ISBN 90-234-2373-9)
- 1991: Zwemmen met droog haar (ISBN 90-234-6122-3)
- 1993: Verplaatsingen (ISBN 90-234-6128-2)
- 1999: Levensnevel (ISBN 90-234-6202-5)
- 2000: Annie (ISBN 90-234-3974-0)
- 2007: Episodes. Een romance. (ISBN 90-234-2273-2)
Awards
Van Kooten has received many awards for his television shows and writing. Among these are:
- 1974 - Zilveren Nipkowschijf (together with Wim de Bie)
- 1977 - Zilveren Nipkowschijf (together with Wim de Bie)
- 1979 - Cestoda-prijs ("for effortless use of the Dutch language")
- 1985 - Special Zilveren Nipkowschijf (together with Wim de Bie) (instituted to avoid handing the normal price always to the same people)
- 1999 - Groenman-taalprijs ("for radio and television persona distinguished by their use of language")
- 2004 - Gouden Ganzenveer ("for exceptional contribution to Dutch literature")
As well as two Edison Awards with Wim de Bie.
