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 (…
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 …
Annejet van der Zijl is a Dutch writer. Born in 1962, she studied mass communication at the UVA in Amsterdam and did a MA International Journalism at City University in London. She worked in magazine …
Jeroen Brouwers was a Dutch journalist and writer.
From 1964 to 1976 Brouwers worked as an editor at Manteau publishers in Brussels. In 1964 he made his literary debut with Het mes op de keel (The Knif…
Adriaan van Dis is a Dutch writer, journalist and TV presenter, who debuted as writer in 1983 with the novel Nathan Sid. That same year he debuted as a TV presenter as host for the book talkshow Hier …
Bert Natter (1968) debuteerde in 2008 met de roman Begeerte heeft ons aangeraakt, die werd bekroond met de Selexyz Debuutprijs en de Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogtprijs. In 2015 verschenen Remington (l…
Stefan Hertmans is a Flemish Belgian author, poet and essayist. He is the author of a literary and essayistic oeuvre - including poetry, novels, essays, plays, short stories. His poetry has been trans…
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 auth…
*Breaking News* Richard & Judy pick THE TEA PLANTERS WIFE for their autumn bookclub 2015. Here's what Santa Montefiore said: ‘My ideal read; mystery, love, heart-break and joy – I couldn’t put it down…
Lara Taveirne schreef een thesis over liefdesverdriet. Ze schreef ook een keer een brief, waarmee ze zichzelf toegang verleende tot een vervallen sluiswachtershuis. Dertien jaar lang woonde ze onder e…
Malou Holshuijsen (1987) is schrijver, columnist en presentator. Haar werk wordt gekenmerkt door haar scherpe gevoel voor humor en rauwe kwetsbaarheid.
Ze is een maker met een flinke dosis zelfspot en …
Safae el Khannoussi (1994) is schrijver en promovendus aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Oroppa werd bekroond met de Boon en de Libris Literatuur Prijs.
