Wietse Coppes

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  J.M. Coetzee

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  Nicholas Fox Weber

  Nicholas Fox Weber is a cultural historian and Executive Director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. He has written extensively about both Josef and Anni Albers and curated many major exhibitions and retrospectives dedicated to their work. He is a graduate of Columbia College and Yale University and author of fourteen books including Patron Saints, The Art of Babar, The Drawings of Josef Albers, The Clarks of Cooperstown, Balthus, Le Corbusier: A Life, and The Bauhaus Group.

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  Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

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  A.F.Th. van der Heijden

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  Adrianus Franciscus Theodorus (Adri) van der Heijden is a Dutch writer. He also published as Patrizio Canaponi and as A.F.Th. In 2003 he received the Schrijversprijs der Brabantse Letteren and in 2011 the Constantijn Huygensprijs, both prizes for his entire work.

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  Erik de Graaf

  Erik de Graaf kreeg les aan de Kunstacademie te Rotterdam en studeerde af in grafische vormgeving en advertising.
  Daarna werkte hij een aantal jaren bij een reclamebureau. Inmiddels is De Graaf creatief directeur van een designbureau.
  
  Sinds een aantal jaar tekent Erik de Graaf strips. Jeugdherinneringen zijn de inspiratie voor zijn strips. Niet alles wat hij tekent heeft hij zo beleefd, maar de strips geven wel een tijdbeeld. Zo hebben de gebruiksvoorwerpen die te zien zijn wel echt bestaan.
  
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  Auke Hulst

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  Auke Hulst (Hoogezand-Sappemeer, 1975) groeide op in het buurtschap Denemarken, boven op de gasbel van Slochteren. Zijn jeugd daar – ‘in een Pippi Langkous-huis in een bos’ – stond model voor zijn succesvolle derde roman Kinderen van het Ruige Land (2012), die genomineerd werd voor de BNG Literatuurprijs, en werd bekroond met de Cutting Edge Award 2013, de prijs voor het Beste Groninger Boek, en de Langs de Leeuw Literatuurprijs van het gelijknamige tv-programma. Eerder publiceerde hij de romans Jij en ik en alles daartussenin (2006) en Wolfskleren (2009), en maakte hij met tekenaar Raoul Deleo het literaire reisboek De eenzame snelweg, in het spoor v

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  Sacha Bronwasser

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  Jen Beagin

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