Maurice Swirc is the winner of the Brusseprijs 2023 for the best Dutch-language journalistic book of 2022. He wins with his book The Indian cover-up. Why Dutch war crimes in Indonesia have never been prosecuted. This was announced on NPO Radio 1 on Saturday evening in the broadcast of the program NOS With an Eye on Tomorrow. The prize consists of 10,000 euros.
“Unbelievable,” Swirc responded on air after being announced as the winner. “It’s a huge honor.”
The jury announced the five contenders on 18 April during a meeting at Athenaeum Boekhandel Zuidoost in Amsterdam. Next to Swirc’s winning book were the books Etty Hillesum. The story of her life from Judith Koelemeijer, Degraded country. The struggle of a Groningen citizen against the gas regents from Ineke Noordhoff, Sywert’s millions. The hunt for the face mask gold by Jan-Hein Strop and Stefan Vermeulen and Rotterdam. An ode to inefficiency by Arjen van Veelen nominated.
The jury of the Brusse Prize 2023 consists of Jeroen van Bergeijk, Marcel Gelauff, Hasna El Maroudi, Floor Milikowski and Roline Redmond. Redmond won the Brusse Prize last year with her book The Doorsons. In search of an African American slave family in the Caribbean.
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2023-06-03 22:59:57
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