J. Bernlef
Bernlef (previously J. Bernlef) is the pseudonym of Dutch writer, poet, and translator Hendrik Jan Marsman. He occasionally used the nom de plume: Henk Bernlef.
Between 1959 and 2012 Bernlef wrote a large number of novels, stories and poems. Amongst others he received the Constantijn Huygens prijs (1984), the AKO Literatuurprijs (1987) and the PC Hooftprijs (1994). His work is characterized by a sober language and an unflagging fascination with the workings of the human memory. His most famous novel is Hersenschimmen (1984) and describes the process of dementia from the point of view of the sufferer, Maarten Klein. (Source: de Volkskrant 29/10/2012)
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Toen hij opteerde voor euthanasie (legaal in België) veroorzaakte dit veel deining.
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J.A. Deelder
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Felix Timmermans
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Leopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans was a Flemish writer and poet. He was the father of Lia Timmermans
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G.A. Bredero
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero (1585–1618) was a 17th century Dutch poet, playwright and rhetorician, best known for his comedic plays and folk poetry. His 1617 play Spaanschen Brabander Jerolimo (The Spanish Brabanter) is considered the greatest Dutch comedy to emerge from the Dutch Golden Age, if not from Dutch literature in general.
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Soon after his death, his poems were collected in wildly popular songbooks such as the Geestigh liedt-boecxken (Merry Song Book, 1621), the Groot lied-boeck (Great Song Book, 1622) and the complete works (1638) by the Amsterdam book seller and publisher Cornelis Lodewijcksz. Vander Plasse. -
Nilgün Yerli
Turkish-Dutch actress, author and theatre performer Nilgün Yerli was born in Turkey. She came to the Netherlands at the age of ten and originally lived in Heerenveen but later moved to Amsterdam.
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Tessa de Loo
Tessa de Loo is de pen name of Johanna Martina (Tineke) Duyvené de Wit.
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Philip Huff
Philip Huff (1984) is schrijver en regisseur. Hij schrijft onder meer voor NRC Handelsblad, De Groene Amsterdammer, Hollands Maandblad, The New York Review of Books en The Paris Review. Hij publiceerde de romans Dagen van gras (genomineerd voor de Academica Debutantenprijs), Niemand in de stad (winnaar Dioraphte Prijs, verfilmd door Michiel van Erp) en Boek van de doden (keuze van het jaar 2014 van HUMO), de verhalenbundel Goed om hier te zijn en de essaybundel Het verdriet van anderen.
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Bert Wagendorp
Bert Wagendorp (1956) is a writer, essayist and columnist. He writes for the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. In 1995 his novel The Prologue was published. And in 2005 there was De Dubbele Schaar, short stories. His book Ventoux (2013) became a classic and was translated in several languages.
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Bert Wagendorp (1956) is schrijver, essayist en columnist. Hij schrijft al sinds jaar en dag voor de Volkskrant. Van hem verscheen in 1995 de novelle De Proloog, in 2005 de verhalenbundel De dubbele schaar, in 2014 Het jongensparadijs, een bundel verhalen, beschouwingen en essays, en in 2016 Een zaterdagmiddag. Zijn roman Ventoux (2013) groeide uit tot een moderne klassieker en werd in verschillende talen vertaald. -
Diane Broeckhoven
Diane Broeckhoven ( Antwerp , March 4, 1946) is a Flemish writer.
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Diane Broeckhoven was born in Antwerp, but lived in the Netherlands for 30 years from 1970 . In 2000 she returned to her hometown. Besides writing books, she also works as a freelance journalist.
Diane Broeckhoven has already published more than 20 children's books. She writes in a penetrating way about taboo-breaking subjects, eg about the death of a child in A dead bird , about AIDS in Kristalnacht , about the gap between rich and poor in A god with warm hands .
In 1998 she wrote her first novel for adults. The German translation of The Outside of Meneer Jules ( Ein Tag mit Herrn Jules ) has sold some 250,000 copies. Travel Fever is the sequel to this book. -
Hella S. Haasse
Hella S. Haasse (1918 - 2011) was born in Batavia, modern-day Jakarta. She moved to the Netherlands after secondary school. In 1945 she debuted with a collection of poems, entitled Stroomversnelling (Momentum). She made her name three years later with the novella given out to mark the Dutch Book Week, Oeroeg (The Black Lake, 1948). As with much of her work, this tale of the friendship between a Dutch and an Indonesian boy has gained the status of a classic in the Netherlands. Titles such as Het woud der verwachting (In a Dark Wood Wandering, 1949), Een nieuwer testament (Threshold of Fire, 1966) and Mevrouw Bentinck of Onverenigbaarheid van karakter (Mrs Bentinck or Irreconcilable in Character, 1978) have been greatly enjoyed by several gen
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Inge Schilperoord
Inge Schilperoord is a Dutch criminal psychologist. She also works as an editor and reviewer for a number of newspapers and magazines. "Tench", her first novel, won the Bronze Owl Prize for best debut, was shortlisted for four other major prizes in the Netherlands and Belgium, and was a five-time book of the year in the Dutch press.
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Thomas Rosenboom
Thomas Rosenboom is a Dutch writer of novels and short stories,. He studied Psychology for 3 years, did not finish but switched to studying Dutch in Amsterdam. His first book was published in 1983 and contains 3 short stories. He's the only writer to have won the Libris Literatuur Prijs twice (for Gewassen Vlees in 1995 and for Publieke Werken in 2000).
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Michiel Leezenberg
Michiel Leezenberg teaches in the Philosophy department and in the MA programme 'Islam in the Modern World' at the University of Amsterdam.
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Beatrice de Graaf
Dutch historian, senator and writer on terrorism.
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In 2004 she promoted on her thesis about the relationship of Dutch churches with the German Democratic Republic.
In 2007 she co-founded the Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism of the University of Leiden.
In 2015 she was on the candidate's list for the Senate for the social-christian ChristenUnie party. -
Peter Zantingh
Peter Zantingh is schrijver en journalist. Hij publiceerde vier romans en twee sportboeken. Zijn derde roman Na Mattias werd getipt door het DWDD-boekenpanel. Tussentijds (Das Mag, september 2022) is zijn meest recente boek.
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Doeschka Meijsing
Doeschka Meijsing studeerde Nederlands en Literatuurwetenschap in Amsterdam en was redactrice voor de boekenbijlage van Vrij Nederland en later voor Elsevier. In 1974 debuteerde ze met "De hanen en andere verhalen". In 1981 kreeg Doeschka Meijsing de Multatuliprijs voor "Tijger, tijger!" (1980).
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Betje Wolff
Elizabeth Bekker Wolff, beter bekend als Betje Wolff. Er is een 'Museum Betje Wolff' in Middenbeemster, gevestigd in de pastorie waar Betje na haar huwelijk met dominee Adrianus Wolff heeft gewoond en waar zij een aantal van haar boeken heeft geschreven (adres: Middenweg 178, Middenbeemster). Het huis in De Rijp (Rechtestraat 40), waar Betje Wolff samen met Aagje Deken heeft gewoond na de dood van dominee Wolff, is niet opengesteld voor publiek. Het huis heeft een gedenksteen in de gevel. Elizabeth Bekker Wolff was also known as Betje Wolff.
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There is an interesting museum in Middenbeemster (province of Noord-Holland, address Middenweg 178).The museum is located in the old vicarage where Betje lived after her marriage to Adrianus Wolff. The -
Thomas Verbogt
Thomas Verbogt (1952) debuteerde in 1981 met de verhalenbundel De feestavond.
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Sindsdien schreef hij vele romans, verhalenbundels en toneelstukken.
Met zijn oeuvre groeide ook zijn publiek. Lange tijd was hij een zeer gewaardeerd auteur maar toch relatief onbekend, maar al een paar jaar behoort hij tot ‘de eredivisie van de Nederlandse literatuur’, aldus Pieter Steinz van NRC Handelsblad.
Waar Verbogt vooral om geprezen wordt is zijn melancholieke en lichte toon en zijn filmische manier van vertellen. Ook met zijn humoristische korte verhalen bindt hij veel lezers aan zich. -
Boudewijn Büch
Boudewijn Maria Ignatius Büch was een Nederlandse dichter, schrijver en televisiepresentator.
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Joost Zwagerman
Joost Zwagerman was a popular Dutch writer.
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Joost Zwagerman debuteerde in 1986 met de roman De houdgreep, die door Carel Peeters in Vrij Nederland werd bestempeld als 'het meestbelovende debuut sinds jaren'. Zijn doorbraak naar een breed publiek kwam met de roman Gimmick! (1989), die in 1996 voor het theater bewerkt werd door Theatergroep De Kwekerij. Het boek geeft een beeld van de trendy uitgaanscultuur en kunstenaarswereld van Amsterdam, waar hij in die tijd veel in verkeerde. In 1991 verscheen Vals licht, dat werd genomineerd voor de AKO Literatuurprijs en in 1993 werd verfilmd door Theo van Gogh. Ook De buitenvrouw (1994), over een liefde in multiculturele tijden, bereikte de longlist van de AKO Prijs. Nadien volgden de romans Chaos en -
Remco Campert
Remco Campert (28 July 1929 – 4 July 2022) was a Dutch author, poet and columnist.
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Anna Bijns
De vader van Anna Bijns (1493-1575), Jan Bijns, was kousen- (of eigenlijk broeken-)maker en wellicht ook rederijker. Anna bracht haar jeugd door in het huis ‘De Cleyn Wolvinne’ aan de Grote Markt (nu nummer 46). Ze had een zuster, Margriete (geboren in 1495) en een broer, Marten (geboren in 1497). Na het overlijden van vader Bijns in 1516 verkocht Anna’s moeder, Lijsbeth Voochs, het huis aan de Grote Markt om Marten en Margriete hun erfdeel te kunnen uitbetalen. Marten en Anna betrokken samen met hun moeder vervolgens het huis ‘De Patiencie’ in de Keizerstraat. Marten opende er een schooltje waar ook Anna les gaf.
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Anna begon wellicht te schrijven aan het einde van de jaren 1510 of het begin van de jaren 1520. Ze onderhield hechte contacten -
Maurice Gilliams
Maurice Guillaume Rosalie Gilliams was een Vlaamse schrijver, dichter en essayist.
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Maurice Gilliams was a Flemish writer and poet.
He was a typograph and a lecturer on typography at the Vakschool voor Kunstambachten in Antwerp. From 1947 until his death in 1982 he became a member of the Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde. From 1960 until 1976 he held the position of secretary of the academy in Ghent.
His writings are autobiographical, and generally concern his failed marriage and his lost youth. He wrote both poems and prose. His most rekno -
Anja Meulenbelt
Anja Henriëtte Meulenbelt (1945) is a Dutch writer and former politician of the Socialist Party (SP).
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She wrote De Schaamte Voorbij (The Shame is Over), published in 1976, which was an important piece of second-wave feminist writing in the Netherlands. The novel was confessional in tone, and made the connection between the body and language politics overt. She also wrote several books about the Palestinians.
She was a Senator from 2003 to 2011.
In August 2014, Meulenbelt terminated her membership of the SP, because she felt the party did not speak out enough against Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip. -
Augusta de Wit
Anna Augusta Henriette de Wit was een Nederlands romanschrijfster. Haar bekendste werk is Orpheus in de dessa (1903).
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Penninc
Penninc is het pseudonym van een 13e eeuwse schrijver uit het graafschap Vlaanderen. Hij is de auteur van de Roman van Walewein, een Middeleeuwse Arturroman.
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Béatrix Beck
Béatrix Beck was a French writer from Belgian origin.
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She is the daughter of the poet Christian Beck. After several jobs, she became the secretary of André Gide, he encouraged her to write about her experiences: her mother's suicide, the war, her poverty, etc. -
Frans Pointl
Frans Pointl werd op 1 augustus 1933 in Amsterdam geboren als zoon van een Joodse moeder, Rebecca van Dam, en een Oostenrijkse vader, de kunstschilder, cineast, fotograaf en muzikant Christian Pointl. Frans groeide op in Heemstede. Zijn ouders scheidden toen hij vijf jaar was.
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In 1942 ging Rebecca van Dam bij familie in Amsterdam wonen, aan de Waalstraat. Frans werd bij een pleeggezin in Krommenie ondergebracht. Later verhuisde hij naar een kindertehuis. Meteen na de oorlog werd Frans herenigd met zijn moeder, die bijna haar gehele familie verloren had. Samen betrokken zij een eenvoudige huurkamer aan de Stalinlaan, de latere Vrijheidslaan. Frans begon aan een MULO-opleiding en bleef na het behaalde examen bij zijn moeder wonen. Rebecca over -
Ivo Michiels
Ivo Michiels, pseudoniem van Henri (Rik) Ceuppens, was een Vlaamse schrijver. In 2012 ontving hij de America Award van The Contemporary Arts Educational Project "voor zijn levenslange bijdrage aan het internationale schrijverschap".
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Ivo Michiels, pseudonym of Henri (Rik) Ceuppens, was a Flemish writer. In 2012 he received the America Award of The Contemporary Arts Educational Project 'for his lifetime contribution to international writing'.