What is Joost Zwagerman?
[[File:Joost Zwagerman01.jpg|thumb|Joost Zwagerman in 2010]] '''Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus (Joost) Zwagerman''' (18 November 1963 – 8 September 2015) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] writer, poet, and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist [[Oek de Jong]]. He was born in [[Alkmaar]] in the [[Netherlands]]. Zwagerman committed [[suicide]] in [[Haarlem]], Netherlands, aged 51.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/joost-zwagerman-overleden-door-zelfmoord~a4138283/?utm_source=breakingnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20150908|title=Joost Zwagerman maakt einde aan zijn leven|date=8 September 2015|work=[[de Volkskrant]]|language=nl|access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zwagerman, Joost}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch essayists]] [[Category:Dutch poets]] [[Category:People from Alkmaar]] <!--[[Category:Suicides in the Netherlands]]--> [[Category:Writers from North Holland]] [[Category:Writers who committed suicide]] {{bio-stub}}