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Esmé van den Boom (1993) schrijft proza, gedichten en liedjes. Ze trad met tekst en muziek op tijdens onder andere de Frankfurter Buchmesse en op podia en festivals als Noorderzon, Dichters in de Prinsentuin, Read My World en Onbederf’lijk Vers. Ze stond in de finale van Write Now! 2017 en mocht mee op Zomerkamp met Das Mag. In 2016-2017 was ze Huisdichter van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en schreef ter gelegenheid daarvan de bundel Zomerwee. Ze won het Hendrik de Vriesstipendium van de Gemeente Groningen en publiceerde daarmee in december 2019
haar debuutbundel Eigen kamers.

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