Janwillem van de Wetering (Middle name: Lincoln; February 12, 1931 -, who uses Janwillem Vandewetering as a "pen and reference name"), is the author of a number of works in English and Dutch; he is particularly noted for his detective fiction. His most popular creations are Grijpstra and de Gier, a pair of Amsterdam police officers who figure in a lengthy series of novels and short stories. He has also written stories for children and nonfiction works. He usually writes in Dutch and then in English; the two versions often differ considerably. February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centres upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ... Adjutant-Detective Henk Grijpstra and Detective-Sergeant Rinus de Gier, along with their never-named elderly superior, the commissaris, are the most popular creations of Janwillem van de Wetering. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54E - 52°22N Website www. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... This article is in need of attention. ...

Van de Wetering was born and raised in Rotterdam, but in later years he lived in South Africa, Japan, London, Colombia, Peru, Australia, Amsterdam and most recently in Maine, the setting of two of his Grijpstra and de Gier novels and his children's series about the porcupine Hugh Pine. His many travels and his experiences in a Zen Buddhist monastery and as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary ("being a policeman in one's spare time" as he phrased it in his introduction to Outsider in Amsterdam) lend authenticity to his works of fiction and nonfiction. For other places named Rotterdam, see Rotterdam (disambiguation) Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of South Holland. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54E - 52°22N Website www. ... State nickname: The Pine Tree State Other U.S. States Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Governor John Baldacci (D) Official languages None Area 86,542 km² (39th)  - Land 80,005 km²  - Water 11,724 km² (13. ... Genera Family Erethizontidae   Coendou   Sphiggurus   Erethizon   Echinoprocta Family Hystricidae   Atherurus   Hystrix   Thecurus   Trichys The porcupine is a rodent known for its coat of sharp spines, or quills that defend it from predators. ... Zen is the Japanese name of a well known branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism, practiced originally in China as Chan, and subsequently in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. ...

Bibliography

Grijpstra and de Gier novels

• Outsider in Amsterdam, 1975
• Tumbleweed, 1976
• The Corpse on the Dike, 1976
• Death of a Hawker, 1977
• The Japanese Corpse, 1977
• The Blond Baboon, 1978
• The Maine Massacre, 1979
• The Mind-Murders, 1981
• The Streetbird, 1983
• The Rattle-Rat, 1985
• Hard Rain, 1986
• Just A Corpse at Twilight, 1994
• The Hollow-Eyed Angel, 1996
• The Perfidious Parrot, 1997
• The Amsterdam Cops: Collected Stories, 1999 (anthology)
  • replaces the anthology The Sergeant's Cat and Other Stories

Children's books

• Little Owl, 1978
• Hugh Pine, 1980
• Hugh Pine and the Good Place, 1981
• Hugh Pine and Something Else, 1983

Other fiction

• The Butterfly Hunter, 1982
• Bliss and Bluster, 1982
• Inspector Saito's Small Satori, 1985 (anthology)
• Murder by Remote Control, 1986 (graphic novel, with Paul Kirchner)
• Seesaw Millions, 1988
• Mangrove Mama and Other Tropical Tales of Terror, 1995 (anthology)
• Judge Dee Plays His Lute: A Play and Selected Mystery Stories, 1997 (anthology; includes the original play Judge Dee Plays his Lute and a selection from other anthologies)

Non-fiction

• The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery, 1971
• A Glimpse of Nothingness: Experiences in an American Zen Community, 1975
• Robert Van Gulik: His Life, His Work, 1988
• Afterzen: Experiences of a Zen Student out on His Ear, 1999

Articles/stories not included in books

• The Way Life Should Be - Maine: coastline on a clean, cold sea. The Nation, September 1, 2003.

Translations

• Alexandra David-Neel and Lama Yongden: The Power of Nothingness. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982 (French to English, with an intodruction by the translator)
• Van de Wetering also translated many books from English to Dutch and two books from French to Dutch.

Unpublished in English

• De doosjesvuller en andere vondsten, 1984 (essays in Dutch)
• Waar zijn we aan begonnen?, 1985 (essays on the stages of life with the psychologist Hans van Rappard)
• Eugen Eule und der Fall des verschwundenen Flohs , 2001 (children's book in German)
• Die entartete Seezunge 2004 (inspired by the World War 2 bombing of Rotterdam and the 9/11 disaster in NYC) (a novel in German)

Filmography

• Grijpstra and de Gier (Netherlands, 1979), based on the novel Outsider in Amsterdam, scripted by Wim Verstappen
• Rattlerat (Netherlands, 1987), scripted by Wim Verstappen
• Der blonde Affe (Germany, 1985), based on the novel THE BLOND BABOON
• Forthcoming: Just a Corpse at Twilight (Lagestee Film, Amsterdam, possible show date in 2006), in (early) progress, script by Janwillem van de Wetering

Television

• A TV series based on the Grijpstra and de Gier characters started airing on Dutch TV in 2004, 30 episodes are made, another 15 are ordered. Roef Hagas and Jack Wouterse play youthful versions of de Gier and Grijpstra.
• Van de Wetering wrote 4 radio plays for German TV, again based on the Grijpstra and de Gier series. The plays were aired during the early nineties.
• CBS aired a TV special featuring the original Hugh Pine novel (Storybreak #12).

CBS Storybreak is a Saturday morning anthology television series that originally aired on the CBS network during the 1985 season. ...

Radio

• Das Koan, a German radio play, scripted by Van de Wetering, was aired in 1994, based on Van de Wetering's biography of Robert van Gulik, creator of the Judge Dee series

Robert van Gulik (August 9, 1910 - September 24, 1967) was a highly educated orientalist, diplomat and writer, best known for the Judge Dee mysteries. ... Judge Dee (or Judge Di) is the hero of Robert van Guliks Judge Dee series. ...

External links

• The Philosophical Exercises of Janwillem van de Wetering
• Janwillem van de Wetering on Zeal