Niña Weijers
Niña Weijers (* 1987 in Nijmegen ) is a Dutch writer and journalist .
biography
Niña Weijers studied literature in Amsterdam and Dublin . She made her debut with essays and short stories in various literary magazines (including Gonzo , De Optimist and nrc.next ). In 2010 she won the Dutch-language writing competition Write Now! From autumn 2013 to spring 2014 Weijers presented together with the philosopher Simone van Saarloos the monthly talk show Weijers & Van Saarloos - the sexist talk show . With her debut novel De Consequenties (German: Die Konsequenzen , Suhrkamp-Verlag 2016), published in May 2014 , Weijers won several literary prizes . This novel has been translated into German, French, English and Czech. She has been writing a column and reviewing books for De Groene Amsterdammer since October 2014, alternating with Christiaan Weijts . She is also an editor at De Gids . At the end of 2014 Weijers was the first female writer (before Maartje Wortel ) to spend two months as writer-in-residence at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht . From May 1, 2015, Weijers was a freelance writer at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam for one year .
Works
- De consequenties , Roman, Verlag Atlas Contact 2014, 287 pp., ISBN 978-90-254-4292-7 .
Works in German
- The consequences - Roman (from the Dutch by Helga van Beuningen ), Suhrkamp-Verlag, Frankfurt, August 8, 2016, 359 pages, ISBN 978-3-518-42558-9 .
Awards
- 2010: Write Now! Jury Prize van de schrijfwedstrijd
- 2014: Writer-in-Residence in Maastricht (Jan van Eyck Academie)
- 2015: Anton Wachter Prize for the best debut novel De consequenties
- 2015: De Gouden Boekenuil Readers' Jury Award for De consequenties
- 2015: Opzij Literature Prize for De consequenties
- 2016: Lucy B. en CW van der Hoogtprijs for De consequenties
Nominations
- 2015: Bronzen Uil for De consequenties
- 2015: Libris Literature Prize (shortlist) for De consequenties
Web links
- Homepage of the author
- Niña Weijers [6] in the digital library for Dutch literature (dbnl)
- Contributions by Niña Weijers [7] in: De Groene Amsterdammer
- On winning the Anton Wachter Prize [8] , from: nrc.nl, October 2, 1914.
- Niña Weijers as Writer-in-Resistance in Maastricht [9] , from: janvaneyck.nl
- Review by Coen Peppelenbo [10] , from: tzum.info, January 30, 2015.
- "The future belongs to the ambiguous" - Niña Weijers, author , interview by Daniel Beskos about the debut novel De consequenties , from: mairisch.de, March 2, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ For the biography cf. the tab Bio on the author's website
- ↑ See Wall of Fame [1] , from: writenow.nu
- ↑ Press report on the award [2] , from: De Volkskrant , October 2, 2015.
- ↑ Publisher's information on prize winnings [3] , from atlascontact.nl.
- ↑ On the prize win of the Opzij Prize [4] , from: tzum.info, August 30, 2015.
- ↑ Jury report on the prize [5] , from: bibliotheekeemland.nl.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weijers, Niña |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nijmegen |