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Early on the morning of 23 May, 2010, Whit Sunday, Tonio van der Heijden, the only son of the writer and his wife, Mirjam Rotenstreich, was killed in a traffic accident. He was only 21 years old.
Jan 1, 2011 · Tonio van der Heijden died prematurely at age 21 in 2010 after being struck by a car while cycling back to his flat at 4a.m. His distraught parents Adri and Miriam have no choice but to get on with their lives, but how do you when you know your child will never come home again?
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Winner of the 2012 Libris Literature Prize — the Dutch equivalent of the Booker Prize — and a bestseller in Holland and Germany, this is a mesmerising rendition of grief and love. On Pentecost...
On 23 May 2010, 21-year-old Tonio van der Heijden is hit by a car and taken to hospital in a critical condition, where he then dies. The lives of his parents, who watch their son die in intensive care, are transformed forever. Tonio's life leaves a phantom pain in the lives of his parents, who are reminded of him by everything around them. They mourn, and at the same time struggle to prevent their lives being caught up in a downward spiral of sorrow. Nominated for Best Narrative Feature at ...
Nov 3, 2016 · On the morning of May 23, 2010, a young man, Tonio van der Heijden, was struck by a driver while riding his bicycle back to his home in The Netherlands.
Dutch author Adri van der Heijden (1951) wrote Tonio: A Requiem Memoir (2011) in the months after his son Tonio died in a traffic accident at the age of 21. At the core of this ‘tribute’ from father to son are his diary notes, memories and reflections.
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The last few years have been turbulent and tragic for Van der Heijden. In 2011 his only child Tonio was killed in a road accident and precisely a year later he published an autobiographical novel, an impressive picture of his son that is imbued with his regret at never having been the father he wanted to be.
