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Rob van Essen

Rob van Essen (1963). Schrijver, vertaler, recensent Angelsaksische literatuur voor NRC Handelsblad.

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Lena Kurzen (die/diens, 1982) is van oorsprong Duits en kwam naar Nederland om logica te studeren. Als gepromoveerde logicus begeleidde die voor Critical Minds projecten in de scheepsbouw. Kurzen schreef verhalen voor Papieren Helden en schrijft elke drie weken een kort verhaal voor Shortreads.nl over de actualiteit. Schuilhuisje is diens debuutroman.

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Nelleke Zandwijk

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Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.
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Jenny Erpenbeck

Jenny Erpenbeck (born 12 March 1967 in East Berlin) is a German director and writer.

Jenny Erpenbeck is the daughter of the physicist, philosopher and writer John Erpenbeck and the Arabic translator Doris Kilias. Her grandparents are the authors Fritz Erpenbeck and Hedda Zinner. In Berlin she attended an Advanced High School, where she graduated in 1985. She then completed a two-year apprenticeship as a bookbinder before working at several theaters as props and wardrobe supervisor.

From 1988 to 1990 Erpenbeck studied theatre at the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1990 she changed her studies to Music Theater Director (studying with, among others, Ruth Berghaus, Heiner Müller and Peter Konwitschny) at the Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory. Aft

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Joseph Roth

Joseph Roth, journalist and novelist, was born and grew up in Brody, a small town near Lemberg in East Galicia, part of the easternmost reaches of what was then the Austro-Hungarian empire and is now Ukraine. Roth was born into a Jewish family. He died in Paris after living there in exile.

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Per Olov Enquist

Per Olov Enquist, better known as P. O. Enquist was one of Sweden's internationally best known authors. He has worked as a journalist, playwright, and novelist. In the nineties, he gained international recognition with his novel The Visit of The Royal Physician.

After a degree in History of literature at Uppsala University he worked as a newspaper columnist and TV debate moderator from 1965 to 1976. Because of his work he soon became an influential figure on the Swedish literary scene. From 1970 to 1971 Enquist lived in Berlin on a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service and in 1973 he was a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has been working as an independent writer since 1977.

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Willem Frederik Hermans

Willem Frederik Hermans is one of the greatest post-war Dutch authors. Before devoting his entire life to writing, Hermans had been teaching Physical Geography at the University of Groningen for many years. He had already started writing and publishing in magazines at a young age. His polemic and provocative style led to a court case as early as 1952. His caustic pieces were compiled in Mandarijnen op zwavelzuur (Mandarines in Sulphuric Acid, 1963), which was reprinted with additions a number of times. It is Hermans’s belief that in order to survive people have to create their own reality. It is inevitable that all these experiences of reality will collide. Language is essential to create order out of chaos and plays an important role in th

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Tim Birkhead

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Guido van Heulendonk

Guido van Heulendonk, pseudoniem van Guido Beelaert, is een Vlaamse schrijver van romans, verhalen en essays.

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Guido van Heulendonk, pseudonym of Guido Beelaert, is a Flemish writer of novels, stories and essays.

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Marja Pruis

Marja Pruis is schrijver, columnist en redacteur van De Groene Amsterdammer. Haar romans ontvingen nominaties voor De Gouden Uil, de AKO Literatuurprijs, de Libris Literatuurprijs en de Anna Bijns Prijs. Voor haar essays en columns, gebundeld in Kus me, straf me, Genoeg nu over mij en Oplossingen, ontving ze de Jan Hanlo Essay Prijs, de J. Greshoffprijs en de J. L. Heldringprijs.

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Esther Gerritsen

Esther Gerritsen (1972) is a Dutch novelist, columnist and screenwriter. Since her 2000 debut with Bevoorrecht bewustzijn (Privileged Consciousness), Gerritsen has been considered one of the best authors in the Netherlands and makes regular appearances on radio programs and at international literary festivals such as Litquake and Wordfest.

Her novels Superduif (Superdove, 2010), Dorst (Craving, 2012), Roxy (2014) and De Trooster (The Comforter, 2018) were all shortlisted for the Libris Literature Prize. In 2005 she was awarded the BNG prize for her second novel Normale dagen (Ordinary Days, 2005) and in 2014 she was awarded the Frans Kellendonk prize for her body of work. Gerritsen writes a popular weekly column in the VPRO TV guide and she

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P.A. Daum

Paulus Adrianus (Paul Adriaan) Daum, publicerend als P.A. Daum of onder het pseudoniem Maurits, was een Nederlandse journalist, toneelschrijver en romanschrijver. Zijn meest gelezen werken zijn de romans Uit de suiker in de tabak en Goena-Goena.

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Nelleke Zandwijk

Born in 1961.

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Rob van Essen

Rob van Essen (1963). Schrijver, vertaler, recensent Angelsaksische literatuur voor NRC Handelsblad.

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Hanna Bervoets

Hanna Bervoets (1984, Amsterdam) is one of the most acclaimed Dutch authors of her generation. After earning her Bachelors degree in Cultural Studies and a Masters in Journalism & Research she published nine novels, several screenplays, plays and a short story collection. She also writes essays and reviews on media, tech, popular culture and (queer) representation.

Bervoets received numerous nominations and awards for her work. In 2017, she was granted the prestigious Frans Kellendonk Prize for her entire body of works. Her novels are being translated in many languages and were adapted for film and television. Excerpts and short stories were published on international platforms such as Five Dials and The Guardian.

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Gerwin van der Werf

Gerwin van der Werf (De Meern, 13 juni 1969) is schrijver, columnist/publicist bij Dagblad Trouw en muziekdocent. Hij publiceerde vier romans bij uitgeverij Atlas Contact: Gewapende Man (2010), Wild (2011, longlist Libris Literatuurprijs), Luchtvissers (2013) en Een Onbarmhartig Pad (2018). Ook verschenen er van hem twee bundels met columns en verhalen over het onderwijs: Schooldagen (2014) en Stampen en Zingen (2018)

Van der Werf won de eerste editie van de Turing Nationale Gedichtenwedstrijd in 2010 voor het gedicht Misbruik.

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Maartje Wortel

Maartje Wortel (1982) volgde de opleiding Beeld & Taal aan de Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. In 2007 won ze de Write Now!-wedstrijd voor literair talent. Ze publiceerde verhalen in Passionate, De Brakke Hond en De Gids en schreef columns voor NRC Handelsblad. De verhalenbundel Dit is jouw huis is haar debuut. Ze won er de Anton Wachterprijs 2010 mee, en kreeg de Nieuw Proza Prijs Venlo 2010 voor het verhaal 'Kranten', dat in de bundel is opgenomen. Haar roman Half mens werd voor verscheidene prijzen genomineerd. In januari 2014 verscheen haar derde boek IJstijd.

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Sacha Bronwasser

Sacha Bronwasser is a Dutch art historian, journalist and novelist.

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Christien Brinkgreve

Christine Dorothea Antoinette (Christien) Brinkgreve is sociologe en schrijfster. Zij is gehuwd met Arend Jan Heerma van Voss en moeder van twee schrijvende zonen Daan en Thomas.

Christine Dorothea Antoinette (Christien) Brinkgreve is a sociologist and writer. She is married to Arend Jan Heerma van Voss and mother to two writing sons: Daan and Thomas.

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Marijke Schermer

Marijke Schermer (b. 1975) is a novelist and playwright. In a full-page review, the NRC Handelsblad proclaimed that Schermer is ‘quickly becoming one of the most interesting writers in the Netherlands.’ Her novel Noodweer (2016) was shortlisted for the ECI Literature Prize and has been translated into German, Spanish and Danish. Her novel Love, if that's what it is was shortlisted for the Libris Literature Prize 2020

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Maria Kager

Maria Kager (Amsterdam, 1978) is schrijver en literatuurwetenschapper. Ze groeide op in Haarlem, promoveerde in de literatuurwetenschappen aan Rutgers University in de VS, en woont in Amsterdam. Haar werk verscheen in onder meer Tirade, De Gids, Hard//Hoofd, en De Groene Amsterdammer.

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Lena Kurzen

Lena Kurzen (die/diens, 1982) is van oorsprong Duits en kwam naar Nederland om logica te studeren. Als gepromoveerde logicus begeleidde die voor Critical Minds projecten in de scheepsbouw. Kurzen schreef verhalen voor Papieren Helden en schrijft elke drie weken een kort verhaal voor Shortreads.nl over de actualiteit. Schuilhuisje is diens debuutroman.

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Falun Ellie Koos

Falun Ellie Koos (1992) is schrijver en filmmaker. Hun debuutroman Rouwdouwers (2024) haalde de shortlist van de Libris Literatuur Prijs. Koos won in 2022 de Joost Zwagerman essayprijs en ontving in 2023 een C.C.S. Cronestipendium voor beloftevolle auteurs van de gemeente Utrecht. Hun kortfilm De vloer is lava (2020) werd genomineerd voor Rialto for Short.

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Safae el Khannoussi

Safae el Khannoussi (1994) is schrijver en promovendus aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Oroppa werd bekroond met de Boon en de Libris Literatuur Prijs.

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Outhine Bounyavong

Outhine Bounyavong (Lao: ອຸທິນ ບຸນຍາວົງ ʻUthin Bunyāvong) was a Laotian writer, known especially for works of contemporary fiction.

Born in 1942 in Xaignabouli Province, he grew up in the capital, Vientiane, where one of his early teachers was Somchine Nginn, author of the first novel in Lao.

Outhine held a variety of jobs during the 1960s, and began to publish short fictional works in newspapers and magazines. He came to be associated with the group of writers who were the children of Maha Sila Viravong, an important Laotian scholar. Eventually he married one of this group, Duangdeuane Viravong, a prominent author in her own right.

Outhine worked during the Laotian Civil War and, after the Communist victory in 1975, continued to write for the

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P.A. Daum

Paulus Adrianus (Paul Adriaan) Daum, publicerend als P.A. Daum of onder het pseudoniem Maurits, was een Nederlandse journalist, toneelschrijver en romanschrijver. Zijn meest gelezen werken zijn de romans Uit de suiker in de tabak en Goena-Goena.

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Carry van Bruggen

Carry van Bruggen is the penname of Carolina Lea de Haan. She also wrote under the penname Justine Abbing.

See for a full list of all her work the DBNL database: http://dbnl.nl/auteurs/auteur.php?id=...

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