Alfred van Cleef
Alfred van Cleef (* 1954 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch journalist and writer.
Since 1978 he has worked as a journalist and reported for major Dutch newspapers and magazines such as the NRC Handelsblad from Madagascar , South Korea , Ghana , Benin , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Serbia , Albania , Greece and other countries. As a writer he made his debut with De lost wereld van de familie Berberović , about the fate of a Bosnian family in the Bosnian war . Van Cleef became known through the success of his literary travel report The lost island to the island of Amsterdam in the Indian Ocean , which was also translated into German and English. The novel Verlangen followed in 2002, which addresses the topic of the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II .
Works
- The lost wereld van the Berberović family . Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1994 ISBN 9-02904-204-4
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Het verdwaalde eiland. Amsterdam op 37'50 " . Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1999 ISBN 9-02905-829-3
- Übers. Marlene Müller-Haas : The lost island or the long journey of an unhappy man in the Google book search. Mare , Hamburg 2002 ISBN 3-93638-474-6
- English: The lost island. Alone among the fruitful and multiplying . Metropolitan Books, New York 2004 ISBN 0-80507-225-X
- Desire . Cossee, Amsterdam 2002 ISBN 9-05936-008-7
- Übers. Marlene Müller-Haas: The hidden order. A journey along the prime meridian. (De hidden ordening) Mare, Hamburg 2012 ISBN 978-3-86648-150-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred van Cleef in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Alfred van Cleef at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred van Cleef at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster
- ^ Longing (request) at the Nederlands Letterenfonds
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cleef, Alfred van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |