Maartje Wortel

Maartje Wortel, 2016

Maartje Wortel (born October 26, 1982 in Eemnes ) is a Dutch writer .

After completing secondary school in Laren, North Holland, Wortel attended the Academy for Journalism in Tilburg (Academie voor Journalistiek) for a year before she began training in "image and language" at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam .

Before she published her first book in 2009, she wrote short stories for literary magazines such as Passionate Magazine , De Brakke Hond and De Gids and columns in Nrc.next and Trouw .

Maartje Wortel made her debut in 2009 with the volume of short stories Dit is jouw huis (This is your house), for which she received the Anton Wachterprijs in 2010 . Her first novel Half Mens (2011) was nominated for the BNG Nieuwe Literatuurprijs . In 2014 she wrote the novel IJstijd and the following year the volume of short stories Er moet iets gebeuren .

Maartje Wortel is the daughter of the small artist Gerard Wortel . Her brother's name is Bas. She lives and works in Amsterdam.

bibliography

• 2015: He moet iets gebeuren (something has to happen) - narrative volume
• 2014: IJstijd (Ice Age) - novel
• 2011: Half mens novel
• 2009: Dit is jouw huis (This is your house) - collection of stories

Awards

• 2007: Jury award in the nationwide final of the writing competition Write Now!
• 2010: Anton Wachterprijs for Dit is jouw huis
• 2010: Nieuwe Proza Prijs Venlo for cranes
• 2012: Gouden National Twittergala Cup Spui25
• 2014: BNG Nieuwe Literatuurprijs for IJstijd (Ice Age)

Nominations

• 2010: BNG Nieuwe Literatuurprijs for the novel Half Mens
• 2010: Opzij Literature Prize for Half Mens
• 2010: Diorapthe Jongeren Prijs for Half Mens
• 2010: AKO Literatuurprijs (Longlist / Tiplijst) for Half Mens
• 2014: Volkskrant literair talent for IJstijd
• 2015: Libris Literatuurprijs (longlist) for IJstijd
• 2015: Gouden Boekenuil (longlist) for IJstijd
• 2016: Fintro Literature Prize (longlist) for Er moet iets gebeuren

Web links

• Homepage of Maartje Wortel
• Maartje Wortel [10] in: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren (DBNL)
• Interview Maartje Wortel with ShortStory.nu about her debut short story collection
• Various reviews [11] on leestafel.nl
• Maartje Wortel on writing [12] Video 8 min. From May 13, 2014 (by: Iris Koppe and Bart Voorsluis) on literatuurplein.nl.
• Colet van der Ven, interview with Maartje Wortel "Nachtzoen" [13] , 5:01 min., From: npo.nl, May 21, 2016. (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Inge van Es [1] Review of IJstijd , February 28, 2014
2. ↑ Marieke Polderdijk Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Review of Er moet iets gebeuren , January 20, 2016. 
3. ↑ See Martje Wortel, Biography [2] , from: maartjewortel.nl.
4. ↑ See: ER MOET IETS GEBEUREN [3] , from: maartjewortel.nl.
5. ↑ Information on IJSTIJD [4] , from: maartjewortel.nl.
6. ↑ See about HALF MENS : [5] , from: maartjewortel.nl.
7. ↑ Information on the book DIT IS JOUW HUIS [6] , from: maartjewortel.nl.
8. ↑ Further publications by Maartje Wortels, see: [7] , from: maartjewortel.nl.
9. ↑ Review by Karlijn de Winter, Een muur tussen jezelf en de other [8] , from: recensieweb.nl, September 26, 2009.
10. ↑ Nieuwe Proza Prijs Venlo 2010
11. ↑ Maartje Wortel website
12. ↑ Press release Maartje Wortel wint BNG Literatuurprijs 2014 met 'IJstijd' [9] , from: mustreads.nl, January 22, 2015.