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Onno Blom (b. 1969) is a biographer, literary critic, and columnist for de Volkskrant daily newspaper. He has published several books about writers and painters from his home city of Leiden. In 2018 he was awarded the prestigious Dutch Biography Prize for his book on the life of the sculptor, painter and novelist Jan Wolkers, which attracted controversy and became a bestseller in the Netherlands.
Fascinating... Blom's method is persuasive -- Michael Prodger * The Times * Compellingly written * Nederlands Dagblad * A captivating portrait of an artist as a young man and the city of Leiden as protagonist. It testifies to a great historical imagination * De Standaard * There's still a lot we don't know about the first 25 years of the painter's life. Blom nimbly weaves the limited biographical details with chunks of local history and a hefty dose of hypotheses....In his hands Rembrandt's early years become a lively quest and deep psychological study in one * HP/De Tijd * Young Rembrandt bursts with vivid details and juicy anecdotes; great research * Trouw * In Young Rembrandt a Rembrandt emerges who became a true artist via an unconventional path, though Blom admits the painter will always have something enigmatic about him, no matter how close he may try to get to him * Vrij Nederland * It's a book that makes the young Rembrandt more tangible without lapsing into fiction, a book for admirers in the making and all others who can't get enough of Rembrandt * Tertio *
