Publisher: Dutch novelist and journalist Cees Nooteboom dies at 92

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Cees Nooteboom, a Dutch novelist, travel writer and journalist who was lauded for his insights into European history and culture and often tipped as a possible winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, died Wednesday, his publisher announced. He was 92.

Publishing house De Bezige Bij said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press that Nooteboom “died very peacefully on his beloved island of Menorca.” The publisher said the message was written on behalf of his wife, photographer Simone Sassen.