Sjoerd Kuyper was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1952. In 1974, he broke off his study of Philosophy to work as a writer. He has written more than fifty books, primarily for young readers. His books have been translated into more than ten languages and adapted for television and
Sieb Posthuma, illustrator, designer and author, was born in Rotterdam in 1960 and is one of the most versatile Dutch picture book artists. After graduating from the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam he began working as a graphic designer and illustrator for newspapers yet shifted more and more over to illustrating
Remco Campert was born in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1929. He is the son of the journalist and poet Jan Campert, who was murdered in 1943 in the Neuengamme concentration camp. His mother was the actress Joekie Broedelet. Remco Campert started to write poetry at an early age and published
Otto de Kat was born under the name Jan Geurt Gaarlandt in Rotterdam in 1946. He studied theology and Dutch literature at the University of Leiden. Subsequently, he worked as a literary critic for the newspapers »de Volkskrant« and »Vrij Nederland« and as a publisher. In 1986, he founded Balans
Oscar van den Boogaard was born in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, in 1964. He grew up in the former Dutch colony of Surinam and in the Netherlands. After studying French and Law in Montpellier, Amsterdam, and Brussels, he embarked on a career as lawyer at an international law firm in Brussels.
born in the Netherlands in 1986, she studied Dutch and cultural analysis in Amsterdam and New York. She writes about television, film, literature and computer games for magazines such as »Correspondent«. Her very first novel »We zullen niet te pletter slaan« (tr. We won’t be torn to pieces) was celebrated
Niña Weijers was born in 1987 in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, where she also grew up, and studied literary theory in Amsterdam and Dublin. Her short stories, essays and articles have been published in a range of literary magazines such as »Das Magazin«, »De Revisor« and »De Gids«, where
born in 1971 in Utrecht, is a Dutch anthropologist and cultural manager who worked at various European museums after her studies in Paris. Before being appointed director of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne in 2019, she was involved in the construction of the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, among other
was born 1981 in the Netherlands and raised partly in Morocco. She won the El Hizjra literature prize and the Kunstbende prize for her poems, spoken word pieces and short stories. Najiba studied International Business and is currently a management trainee. In 2008 she published the children’s book »Nasim en
Michel Faber was born in The Hague in 1960. When he was seven years old, he moved with his parents to Australia, where he grew up on the outskirts of Melbourne. After high school he studied Dutch, philosophy, rhetoric, and English at the University of Melbourne until 1980. He then
Maritgen Matter was born in 1962 in the Hanseatic city Zutphen in the Netherlands. As a child she already developed a strong affinity for music, theatre, literature, storytelling and drawing, which would lead to her work as an illustrator, graphic designer, columnist and author. She dropped out of her studies
Marjolijn Hof, born in 1956 in Amsterdam, had already as a child developed a great affinity for the visual arts, literature and languages in general. Already during her time at school, she began writing short stories, revealing an imaginative way of tackling her surroundings in drawings, plays, poems and short
