Marente de Moor

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Marente de Moor


Born
in Den Haag, Netherlands
January 01, 1972

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Marente de Moor (b. 1972) studied Slavonic Languages and lived in the 1990’ s in Russia, where she worked for both Russian and Dutch media. Her columns about the absurdist Russian everyday life were collected and published as Petersburgse vertellingen in 1999. After her return to the Netherlands she worked several years at the weekly HP/De Tijd. Her highly praised debut novel De overtreder (The Transgressor) came out in 2007 and was published in German in 2010 by Suhrkamp Verlag, under the title Amsterdam und zurück. Since 2009 she has worked as a weekly columnist for the political magazine Vrij Nederland. In 2010 her second novel, the historical De Nederlandse maagd (The Dutch Maiden). was published, and translated into German (Die niederl ...more

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The Dutch Maiden

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Foon

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De bandagist

3.50 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions
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De schoft

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Roundhay, tuinscène

2.95 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions
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Gezellige verhalen

3.30 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions
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De overtreder

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Petersburgse vertellingen: ...

3.16 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions
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Deze hoedanigheid

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De schone slaapster in het ...

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“Misschien draait het leven in wat we kiezen te vertellen. Mensen zonder verbeelding bieden zo'n keuze nooit, die vertellen niks, die houden er meningen op na. Meningen zijn vervelend, ze zetten en streep onder gebeurtenissen. Je bijt er hooguit je tanden op stuk, verteren kun je het niet.”
Marente de Moor, Foon

“Ik zou vaker dronken moeten worden. Het leuke ervan is dat je om jezelf kunt lachen, omdat je opeens een ander bent geworden. In het benevelde hoofd op dat vreemde, onhandige lijf is altijd een hoekje vrijgehouden voor je nuchtere ik, en dat zit van een afstandje toe te kijken en te lachen. Tenzij je van dronkenschap een gewoonte hebt gemaakt. Bij alcoholisten lacht hun ik niet meer, heb ik gehoord, maar vloekt het.”
Marente de Moor, Foon

“Zonder mijn moeder was ik misschien wel een heel raar kind geworden. Ze bewaakte de rust en regelmaat in het huis. Mijn vader liet geen dag voorbijgaan of hij verzon iets nieuws. De zomerkermis in Beek, zelf pottenbakken in de Preekherengang, de geit van bomma in haar bedstede opsluiten, passanten opwachten achter de Helpoort en 'Boe' roepen. Voor kerst gaf hij me een beeld van een monnik, dat appelsap plaste als je op de kop duwde.”
Marente de Moor, De Nederlandse maagd

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