Multatuli in the Age of Decolonisation and #MeToo
Was the Dutch writer really such an anti-colonial rebel? And what about his preference for young girls?
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4 ResultsFate Decided Otherwise?Henk van Woerden (1947-2005)
On 16 November, at the age of 57, Dutch writer Henk van Woerden died in his sleep in Ann Arbor as the result of cardiac arrest. Van Woerden had been delighted with all the enthusiastic reviews of his latest 'Ultramarine', a novel that if on...
The Fierce Talent of an Unpolished Chronicler. Dimitri Verhulst’s Prose
When Flemish author Dimitri Verhulst (Aalst, 1972) took the literary world by surprise with his tragicomic autobiographical novel The Misfortunates (De helaasheid der dingen) in 2006 he was still a complete unkown. Of the nine books he had...
The Top 5 Literature Stories of the Year
Our best literature stories of 2020, handpicked by the editor.
