Authors
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A Lai
A Lai (1959), Chinese-Tibetan novelist. Won the prestigious Mao Dun Literary Prize for his Tibetan-themed novel Red Poppies (1998) which has been translated into many languages. Currently acts as head editor of the magazine Science Fiction World and as chairman... >>>> read more
Cui Weiping
Cui Weiping (1956), social and cultural critic, translator. Cui is a professor at the Beijing Film Academy and a scholar of modern Eastern European political culture. Her most recent publications (in Chinese) include Before the Justice (New Star 2005) and... >>>> read more
Fang Xuxiao
Fang Xuxiao, aka Green Tea (1974), literary critic and reading promoter. Has worked as a special reporter and editor for the literary supplement of Beijing News; currently acts as the head editor of the magazine History Reference. Publishes his personal... >>>> read more
Han Dong
Han Dong (1961), poet, writer and essayist. Gained fame as a poet in the 1980s, in the wake of the older generation of Misty Poets. His first novel Banished! (2003) was translated into in English in 2009 (University of Hawaii... >>>> read more
Kang Kai
Kang Kai (1970), writer and translator. Works as a journalist for China Reading Weekly, a nationwide newspaper based in Beijing. He also writes essays and reviews on books and cultural events for several famous Chinese newspapers and magazines. His latest... >>>> read more
Liu Zhenyun
Liu Zhenyun (1958), writer of novels and short stories, known for his ‘hometown’ series, ‘work unit’ series and ‘officialdom’ series. His works have been translated into French, English and German, notably the bestsellers Taschendiebe (DIX) and Cell Phone (Merwin), which... >>>> read more
Murong Xuecun
Murong Xuecun (1974), novelist. Gained instant fame with his bestselling novel Leave me alone – a novel of Chengdu, first published on the internet in 2002, subsequently translated into French (L’Olivier) and English (Make-Do). His most recent publication is a... >>>> read more
Pan Jun
Pan Jun (1957), writer, painter and director of popular TV series. Pan has written numerous novels and shorts stories, some of which he also adapted to plays. His influential novel Death Penalty Report (2003) is known as ‘the first Chinese... >>>> read more
Wang Jiaxin
Wang Jiaxin (1957), prominent poet, poetry critic and translator of among others Paul Celan. Gained fame as one of the younger Misty Poets, has been widely translated and was editor of the influential journal Poetry. He lived and worked in... >>>> read more
Xi Chuan
Xi Chuan (1963), poet, leading representative of the so-called ‘intellectual poets’. Has published numerous collections of poems and has been active as a journal editor and a translator of Pound, Borges and Milosz. His work has been translated in numerous... >>>> read more
Xu Zechen
Xu Zechen (1978) writer of novels and short stories, literary critic and editor of People’s Literature, China’s oldest literary magazine. Often hailed as one of China’s most promising young talents. His novel Running through Zhongguancun appeared in German in 2009... >>>> read more
Yan Jun
Yan Jun (1973), poet, musician and performer of multimedia shows with soundscapes and projected images. Moved to Beijing in 1999, were he established his own unofficial music labels Kwan Yin and Sub Jam (2004). He is also active as a... >>>> read more
Zhang Ning
Zhang Ning (1958) leading cultural critic, scholar and writer. Zhang is professor of literature at Beijing Normal University, director of the BNU research center for new poetry and member of the China Book Review Academy. He is head editor of... >>>> read more
Zhang Xiaohong
Zhang Xiaohong (1970), scholar and translator. Zhang is professor at the University of Shenzhen, specializing in comparative literature and gender studies. She obtained her PhD at Leiden University and has translated nonfiction works by Mineke Schipper, Tijs Goldschmidt and Geert... >>>> read more
Kader Abdolah
Life and work Kader Abdolah (b. 1954, Iran) studied physics in Teheran and was active in the student resistance. He published two novels about life under the Khomeini regime before fleeing his homeland in 1985. Three years later he came... >>>> read more
Eric Abrahamsen
Eric Abrahamsen (1978) lives in Beijing, is a translator of Chinese literature, manages the website Paper Republic and engages in various activities concerning the promotion of Chinese literature abroad. His translations include the novels Notes of a Civil Servant by... >>>> read more
Sander Bais
Life and work Sander Bais (b.1945) is a Dutch physical scientist. In 1971 Bais got his bachelor degree (Physics) in TU Delft in the Netherlands. In 1973 he finished his master (Appl. Physics) and in 1977 he obtained a PhD... >>>> read more
Gerbrand Bakker
Life and work Gerbrand Bakker (b. 1962) studied Dutch language and literature and worked as a subtitler for nature films before becoming a gardener. His previous books include an etymological dictionary for children and the juvenile novel Perenbomen bloeien wit... >>>> read more
J. Bernlef
Life and work Bernlef (b. 1937), who made his debut in 1960, has produced an extensive body of work including poems, short stories, novels and essays. He translated the Swedish poets Lars Gustafson and Tomas Tranströmer into Dutch and was... >>>> read more
Leonard Blussé
Life and work Leonard Blussé (born 1946 in Rotterdam) is attached as sinologist and historian to the University of Leiden, concerned with the field of Asian-European relations. Earlier publications include Nederlanders overzee (‘The Dutch Abroad’, 1983, together with Jaap de... >>>> read more
Zhu Wen
Zhu Wen (1967), writer, poet and film director. His short stories and novellas about the underbelly of Chinese society were translated into English, German and Dutch, notably I Love Dollars, Penguin 2008). His films Seafood (2001), South of the Clouds... >>>> read more
Midas Dekkers
Life and work Midas Dekkers (b. 1946, Haarlem) is a biologist, writer and programme maker. He was born in Haarlem and grew up in Amsterdam where he studied biology. Dekkers writes non-fiction and children books. For the Children’s Book Week... >>>> read more
Adriaan van Dis
Life and work Adriaan van Dis, born in 1946 in Bergen, the Netherlands, made his debut with the novella Nathan Sid, the story of a boy growing up between two cultures: the paradise of colonial Indonesia and the drabness of... >>>> read more
Douwe Draaisma
Life and work Douwe Draaisma (b. 1953) is Professor of the Theory and History of Psychology at the University of Groningen. His successful Metaphors of Memory (1995) has been translated into many languages and was awarded the Heymans Prize by... >>>> read more
Anna Enquist
Life and work Anna Enquist (b. 1945) is one of the most popular writers in the Netherlands. She trained in piano at the academy of music in the Hague and at the same time studied psychology in Leiden. When she... >>>> read more
Annemarie van Haeringen
Life and work Annemarie van Haeringen (born in 1959) has illustrated many children’s books, winning the top Dutch prize for illustrators three times. Working mainly in ink and watercolors, she lets the outlines run to suggest action and speed. For... >>>> read more
Hans & Monique Hagen
Life and work Hans Hagen has worked as a teacher of Dutch and history, for a theatre group, for a children’s magazine and for various radio and television programs including Sesame Street. A full-time writer since 1987, he is best... >>>> read more
Herman Koch
Life and work Herman Koch (b. 1953) made his debut with the story collection De voorbijganger (‘The Passer-by’, 1985) in which the protagonists are misunderstood loners struggling with their surroundings. His first novel, a huge success, was Red ons, Maria... >>>> read more
Salomon Kroonenberg
Life and work Salomon Kroonenberg (born in Leiden) studied physical geography at the University of Amsterdam and completed his doctorate there in 1976. Between 1972 and 1982 he worked as a geologist in Surinam, Swaziland and Columbia before becoming Professor... >>>> read more
Geert Mak
Life and work Geert Mak (b. Vlaardingen) is one of the Netherlands’ most popular writers and all his books become huge bestsellers: De engel van Amsterdam (The Angel of Amsterdam, 1992), Een kleine geschiedenis van Amsterdam (Amsterdam: A Brief Life... >>>> read more
Fik Meijer
Life and work Fik Meijer was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in naval history. Together with Marius West he has translated Josephus Flavius’s Antiquities of the Jews and The Jewish War into Dutch. He is... >>>> read more
Margriet de Moor
Life and work Margriet de Moor (b. 1941) made her debut with a collection of stories, Op de rug gezien (‘Seen From Behind’, 1988). A year later, Dubbelportret (‘Double Portrait’) appeared, three novellas in one volume. Together these publications earned... >>>> read more
Ramsey Nasr
Life and work Ramsey Nasr (b. 1974, Rotterdam) is a poet and author, actor and director. In 2000 he made his poetry debut with the collection 27 gedichten & geen lied (‘27 Poems & No Song’), which was nominated for... >>>> read more
Laurentien van Oranje
Life and work Princess Laurentien holds a Master’s degree (Journalism) from the University of Berkeley and a Bachelor’s degree (Political Science) from the University of London. She holds senior functions at prestigious environmental organizations (European Climate Foundation, WWF and Fauna... >>>> read more
Herman Pleij
Life and work Herman Pleij lectures on Dutch historical literature at the University of Amsterdam. He has previously published the bestselling Het gilde van de Blauwe Schuit (‘The Guild of the Blue Barge’, 1979), about the rituals surrounding the celebration... >>>> read more
Sieb Posthuma
Life and work For many years Sieb Posthuma (b. 1960) illustrated magazines, newspapers and book covers, before moving on to picture books in the mid-1990s. He then started writing books himself, about his fox terrier Rintje, the first of which... >>>> read more
Kristofer Schipper
Kristofer Schipper was born in 1934 in Sweden, grew up in Amsterdam and studied at the University of Paris. After graduating in Chinese, Japanese and Religious Anthropology, he obtained a PhD at the Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes in 1962.... >>>> read more
Dieter & Ingrid Schubert
Life and work Ingrid Schubert and Dieter Schubert are married and work together. In 1977 they attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, where the well-known Dutch illustrator Piet Klaasse inspired them to start illustrating children’s books. Their first title,... >>>> read more
Dick Swaab
Dick Swaab is Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology at the University of Amsterdam. For thirty years he was the director of the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research. His work on sex differences in the brain brought him international fame and he... >>>> read more