What is Max van Rooy?
{{Infobox person | name = Max van Rooy | image = Portret van Max van Rooy, 1997.jpg | caption = Max van Rooy, 1997 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|3|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Voorburg]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|12|8|1942|3|25|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = writer and journalist | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Max van Rooy''' (25 March 1942 – 8 December 2022) was a Dutch writer and journalist.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/max-van-rooy-1942-2022-44-jaar-de-biograaf-van-zijn-opa-architect-h-p-berlage~bcef1bcd/ |title=Max van Rooy (1942-2022), 44 jaar de biograaf van zijn opa, architect H.P. Berlage|work=[[de Volkskrant]]|date=8 December 2022|access-date=8 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref> ==Biography== Van Rooy grew up in the region of [[The Hague]] where he attended primary school Passchalischool (1948-1954) and secondary school [[Aloysius College, The Hague|Aloysius College]] (1954-1961). He started studying cultural anthropology at the [[University of Amsterdam]] with professor [[André Köbben]], but stopped after three months because he wanted to start writing and drawing. After school he had to do military service, and did that [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]]. After the end of his military service after two years Van Rooy chose to become an artist in [[Greece]]. Once back in the Netherlands, he settled in [[Amsterdam]] and became friends with writers [[K. Schippers]], [[J. Bernlef]] and [[Gerard Brands]].. Van Rooy was from 1966 to 1970 editor of newspaper ''[[Algemeen Handelsblad]]''. Afterwards he was editor of the Saturday edition of ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]''. In 1976 he became editor-in-chief of the cultural magazine ''[[Hollands Diep]]''. In 1979 he returned to the ''NRC Handelsblad'' and became deputy editor-in-chief and architecture critic. In 1995 those positions changed to cultural commentator and architecture critic. He retired in 2010. V