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Ik droom dus
In Ik droom dus zijn vijftien verhalen gebundeld, waarin personages de werkelijkheid met fantasie op zoek naar mogelijkheden, invullingen, dromen en daden.
In een nawoord annex verantwoording dat Notities heet, verklaart de schrijfster hoe zij tot de verhalen gekomen is en waarin de meeste eerder zijn gepubliceerd.
In een nawoord annex verantwoording dat Notities heet, verklaart de schrijfster hoe zij tot de verhalen gekomen is en waarin de meeste eerder zijn gepubliceerd.
138 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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About the author
Margriet de Moor
34 books30 followersMargriet de Moor was born in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, in 1941. She comes from a Catholic family with many children and grew up with nine siblings, six of them girls. The theme of sisterhood was to become a common theme in her work. She studied Piano and Song at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and was especially interested in the music of avant-garde composers such as Schönberg, Satie and Debussy. She began to appear regularly on stage as a solo singer from 1968 onwards. Ten years later she resumed her studies again, this time in Art History and Archaeology at the University of Amsterdam.
Following her marriage to the sculptor Heppe de Moor she founded an art salon in 's-Graveland, near Amsterdam, in 1984. She made films and video portraits of the artists involved in the salon. One year later she began to write prose, which from the outset displayed a complex structure and atmospheric density. In 1988 de Moor's first volume of short stories appeared, »Op de rug gezien« (t: Back views), which was awarded the Gouden Ezelsoor for best selling first work. She achieved international recognition with her first novel, »Eerst grijs dan wit dan blauw« (1991; Eng. »First Grey, then White, then Blue«, 1994), which has been translated into eleven languages to date. The murder of a young woman, who disappeared years ago, is reconstructed from the perspectives of three different people.
Her musical preferences have always been modern, as is also true of de Moor's literary tastes, which include avant-garde stylists such as Beckett, Borges and Ionesco. »My creative thought is wrought from musical forms, yet I will never try to translate a specific musical form directly into literature.« In her work she is often preoccupied – against the backdrop of historical events and epochs – with the fateful powers which rail against human strivings to control life. Thus music and love are recurring themes. »De Virtuoos« (1993; Eng. »The Virtuoso«, 1996) concerns a woman's love for a castrato in 18th Century Naples. »Hertog van Egypte« (1996; Eng. »The Duke of Egypt«, 2001), similarly, describes the love story of an unusual couple, in this case between a gypsy and a female farmer, who get married in the sixties.
In her novel, »De verdronkene« (2005; t: The drowned), recently translated into German, de Moor tells the story of the flooding of the southwest province of Zeeland in 1953. The destiny of two sisters with similar looks is played out, as they switch roles on the day of the catastrophe itself. Thus one sister dies at the place where the other sister was meant to be.
De Moor has been awarded many prizes, including the Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogtprijs and the Ako Literature Prize. She lives in Amsterdam.
© internationales literaturfestival berlin
Geboren als Margaretha Maria Antonette Neefjes, moeder van beeldend kunstenaar Lara de Moor (1969) en schrijfster Marente de Moor (1972)
Following her marriage to the sculptor Heppe de Moor she founded an art salon in 's-Graveland, near Amsterdam, in 1984. She made films and video portraits of the artists involved in the salon. One year later she began to write prose, which from the outset displayed a complex structure and atmospheric density. In 1988 de Moor's first volume of short stories appeared, »Op de rug gezien« (t: Back views), which was awarded the Gouden Ezelsoor for best selling first work. She achieved international recognition with her first novel, »Eerst grijs dan wit dan blauw« (1991; Eng. »First Grey, then White, then Blue«, 1994), which has been translated into eleven languages to date. The murder of a young woman, who disappeared years ago, is reconstructed from the perspectives of three different people.
Her musical preferences have always been modern, as is also true of de Moor's literary tastes, which include avant-garde stylists such as Beckett, Borges and Ionesco. »My creative thought is wrought from musical forms, yet I will never try to translate a specific musical form directly into literature.« In her work she is often preoccupied – against the backdrop of historical events and epochs – with the fateful powers which rail against human strivings to control life. Thus music and love are recurring themes. »De Virtuoos« (1993; Eng. »The Virtuoso«, 1996) concerns a woman's love for a castrato in 18th Century Naples. »Hertog van Egypte« (1996; Eng. »The Duke of Egypt«, 2001), similarly, describes the love story of an unusual couple, in this case between a gypsy and a female farmer, who get married in the sixties.
In her novel, »De verdronkene« (2005; t: The drowned), recently translated into German, de Moor tells the story of the flooding of the southwest province of Zeeland in 1953. The destiny of two sisters with similar looks is played out, as they switch roles on the day of the catastrophe itself. Thus one sister dies at the place where the other sister was meant to be.
De Moor has been awarded many prizes, including the Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogtprijs and the Ako Literature Prize. She lives in Amsterdam.
© internationales literaturfestival berlin
Geboren als Margaretha Maria Antonette Neefjes, moeder van beeldend kunstenaar Lara de Moor (1969) en schrijfster Marente de Moor (1972)
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December 19, 2021
‘Ik droom dus’ bevat vijftien verhalen plus aan het slot enige toelichtende notities van de auteur, met name over de ontstaansgeschiedenis van de verhalen, die zij zoals ze zelf zegt schrijft als ‘tussendoortjes’ naast het grotere werk zoals het schrijven van romans. In de verhalen gaat het niet alleen om de uiterlijke gebeurtenissen, maar vooral ook om wat deze in het innerlijk te weeg brengen. Naast de ‘objectieve’ werkelijkheid is er de subjectieve werkelijkheid van de beleving en de droom. De verhalen hebben daardoor vaak een dubbele bodem, waardoor je na eerste lezing de behoefte voelt nog eens terug te lezen. Diverse verhalen zijn ‘zusjesverhalen’ waarin twee zusjes in steeds verschillende context een rol spelen. In het geestige laatste verhaal ‘tweede keer’ treden ze op in de gedaante van twee aan lezen verslaafde oudere vrouwen, die geheel in de wereld van het boek leven. Andere aardse genoegens tellen voor hen niet meer. Het langste verhaal, ‘ een buitenkansje’ gaat over een twintigjarige jongen die het criminele pad opgaat en een iets oudere vrouw die verliefd op hem is, wil beroven en vergiftigen. Ze heeft het bijtijds door en hij wordt door de politie ingerekend voor de arsenicum zijn werk kan doen. Margriet de Moor verbindt straattaal met meer verheven taal, waarbij het resultaat doorgaans niet platvloers is. Haar manier van schrijven stelt wel eisen aan de lezer, je moet zorgvuldig en geduldig lezen.
December 14, 2007
Great story collction.
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