Cees Nooteboom, Dutch novelist and travel writer, dies aged 92

Dutch author Cees Nooteboom, who has died aged 92, was a major literary figure in postwar Europe Photograph: Bernd Kammerer/AP

The Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, whose novels, travel writing and translations made him a prominent literary figure in postwar Europe, has died aged 92.

Publishing house De Bezige Bij said in a statement on Wednesday evening that Nooteboom had “passed away very peacefully on his beloved island Menorca”. The statement was made on behalf of the author’s wife, the photographer Simone Sassen.