He debuted in 1983 with the novella Nathan Sid. In 1995 his book Indische Duinen (My Father's War), which in its narrative is a follow-up to his debut

gets 2,500 euro and a MontBlanc pen. 1995: Fiction: Adriaan van Dis - Indische Duinen Children and youth books: Anne Provoost - Vallen Non-fiction: Jeroen

Rudy Kousbroek: Het Oostindisch kampsyndroom (1992); Adriaan van Dis: Indische duinen [nl] (1994). (My Father's War, London, Heinemann, 2004) and Familieziek

2023-03-24. J. Hendriks, 'De watersnoodrampen van 1421 en 1424', in: H. van Duinen en C. Esseboom, Verdronken dorpen boven water. Sint Elisabethsvloed 1421;

and Mrs. Teillers and her ashes were buried at the cemetery Oud Eik en Duinen in The Hague. From October 2001 – April 2002 an exhibition about Elisabeth