Film with Arnon Grunberg

Arnon Grunberg (Amsterdam, 1971) is a celebrated and frequently prize-winning novelist, living in New York and Amsterdam. In 1994 his debut Blauwe maandagen (Blue Mondays) appeared, followed by, among others, Figuranten (1997), Fantoompijn (2000), De asielzoeker (2003), Huid en Haar (2010), Moedervlekken (2016), Goede mannen (2018) and Bezette gebieden (2020). In 1998 he wrote the Boekenweekgeschenk (Book Week Gift) for the CPNB Foundation, De heilige Antonio. For Tirza (2006) he received both the Gouden Uil (Golden Owl) and the Libris Literatuurprijs (Libris Literature Prize). In 2009 a collection of his reportages appeared, Kamermeisjes en soldaten, followed in 2021 by a second collection, Slachters en psychiaters. His most recent novel De dood in Taormina appeared in 2021, and in 2023 Waarheidsliefde en biefstuk. Essays over lezen en schrijven was published.
Grunberg writes columns, essays, reviews, short stories and reportages for various newspapers, weeklies and literary journals such as NRC Handelsblad, Vrij Nederland, Humo and the VPRO-Gids. He also contributes to international newspapers and magazines such as Die Welt, Die Zeit, Libération, Ha'aretz and The New York Times. Grunberg maintains a weblog at www.arnongrunberg.com, wrote a weekly contribution for Vrij Nederland as 'De mensendokter' (The People's Doctor), and for many years had a daily column in de Volkskrant, Voetnoot (Footnote), which was collected in book form. His work has been translated into 29 languages. For his oeuvre he has received, among other honours, the Constantijn Huygens Prize, the Gouden Ganzenveer (Golden Quill), the Johannes Vermeer Prize and the P.C. Hooft Prize.

Marc studied at the Royal Conservatoire and the Utrecht Conservatoire with Udo Reinemann and Meinard Kraak, and at the Steans Institute for Young Artists in Chicago. He has been a soloist with De Nationale Opera, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Asko|Schönberg, the Netherlands Bach Society and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He contributed to a recording of Bach's Matthäus-Passion conducted by Jos Vermunt in the Dutch adaptation by Jan Rot. In 2013 his first solo CD appeared — HARRY, Heine in Holland — featuring songs by Dutch composers set to texts by Heinrich Heine. He is accompanied by pianist Rudolf Jansen. An audiobook of Heine's memoirs, read by Arnon Grunberg, is also part of the CD box.
With his opera company I Piccoli Holandesi, Pantus has created as director and singer several comic opera productions, including two collage-operas dedicated to Don Quixote. For the Coco Collectief he directed Schubert's Winterreise. For the Luthers Bach Ensemble he staged Bach's St Matthew Passion, which was performed for the third time last spring and received a five-star review in Trouw. The Netherlands Bach Society performed his staging of Bach's Coffee Cantata, which is also available on their video channel All of Bach. Last season Marc sang a notable Bottom in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Opera Zuid and delivered a compelling portrayal of the title role in Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle.