author and essayist Tjalie Robinson he is credited with establishing a whole new genre in Dutch literature that found successors like Rudy Kousbroek. In 1977 Carmiggelt started an affair with author Renate Rubinstein. She wrote a book about this, titled Mijn beter ik (My better self), which was published when both she and Simon had died. Carmiggelt's last Kronkel was published in 1983. On 30 November 1987 he died of a heart attack. A year after his death, a statue of Carmiggelt (made by Kees Verkade) was placed near his former house in Amsterdam and one of him and his wife on a park bench near his summer house in De Steeg (Rheden). This last statue was stolen in the weekend of 21 January 2012. It was retrieved on 25 January, sawn into many pieces. Three men have been arrested in relation to this event; the motive is still unclear. The statue was pieced together by the sculptor Wik Kuijl and then re-unveiled in its original site on 23 January 2013. Selected bibliography 1940 - Vijftig dwaasheden 1940 - Honderd dwaasheden (extended version of Vijftig dwaasheden) 1941 - Johan Justus Jacob 1948 - Allemaal onzin 1948 - Het jammerhout 1950 - Klein beginnen 1951 - Omnibus 1952 - Poespas 1954 - Al mijn gal 1954 - Articles de Paris 1955 - Duivenmelken 1956 - Fabriekswater 1956 - Kwartet 1956 - Spijbelen 1957 - Haasje over 1959 - Een toontje lager 1961 - Alle orgels slapen 1961 - Een stoet van dwergen 1962 - Dag opa 1962 - Kroeglopen I 1962 - Tussen twee stoelen 1963 - Oude mensen 1963 - We leven nog 1964 - Later is te laat 1964 - Kinderen (combination of Klein beginnen en Dag opa) 1965 - Kroeglopen II 1965 - Fluiten in het donker 1965 - Mooi weer vandaag 1967 - Morgen zien we wel weer 1968 - Drie van vroeger 1968 - Je blijft lachen 1969 - Mijn moeder had gelijk 1970 - Twijfelen is toegestaan 1971 - Gewoon maar doorgaan 1972 - Ik mag niet mopperen 1973 - Elke ochtend opstaan 1974 - Brood voor de vogeltjes 1975 - Slenteren 1975 - Maatschappelijk verkeer 1976 - Dwaasheden (1976) 1977 - Vroeger kon je lachen 1978 - Bemoei je d'r niet mee 1979 - De rest van je leven 1979 - Mooi kado 1980 - De avond valt 1980 - Residentie van mijn jeugd