Kronkel books catalogue

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Italics written by Simon Carmigggelt under the pseudonym 'Kronkel' for the daily newspaper Het Parool More

Italics written by Simon Carmigggelt (1913-1987) under the pseudonym 'Kronkel'. The 'pieces' are more short stories, amusing observations of everyday events, than personal columns.

The first piece signed with Kronkel appeared on 25 October 1946 in the daily newspaper Het Parool. Until Carmiggelt's death in November 1987, more than 10,000 appeared.

A selection of 50 pieces from each volume was published every year by De Arbeiderspers in book form.
From 1953 to 1980, Het Parool published a selection of 12 stories every year under the title Special for you , as a New Year's gift for relations of the newspaper.

Because we do not have a complete chronological list of all publications, the "Stories in this book" are numbered according to their first publication date in Het Parool (year-month-day, eg 19660210 before February 10, 1966). The original name of the Kronkel (if different) is stated in [square brackets].

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Louter leugens (1951)