My novel Aan het einde van de oorlog (At the End of the War) was awarded the most prestigious literary award in the Dutch-speaking world. Please read more about it on Dutch News: an article and an interview with Louis Gore-Langton.
Awarded the Libris Literature Prize 2026
Awarded the Confituur Bookstore Prize 2026
Shortlist Boekenbon Literature Prize 2025
MEZZA Book of the Year 2025
Het Parool Best Book of the Year (fiction) 2025
Shortlist Inktaap (young adults choose best literary novel of the year) 2027
Bert Natter (1968) made his debut in 2008 with the novel Desire Has
Touched Us, which was awarded the Selexyz Debut Prize and the
Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt Prize. In 2015, Remington (longlisted
for the Libris Literature Prize) and Goldberg (shortlisted for the ECI
Literature Prize) were published, followed in 2018 by They Will Think
We Are Angels and in 2022 the non-fiction book Living With Lidewij.
His novel At the End of the War (2025) was sold to Norway, USA, UK,
Denmark, Germany, Poland and Bulgaria. In March 2026 his memoir
Without a Dog was published. Next year, his novel Mr. de Kooning
Rides his Bicycle will be published.
Jury Report Libris Literature Prize 2026 (pdf)
Some Dutch reviews of At the End of the War (pdf)
First pages of sample translation of At the End of the War (pdf):
My latest book is a memoir:
Bert Natter 