Sanneke van Hassel

Sanneke (Lidewij) van Hassel (born September 4, 1971 in Rotterdam ) is a Dutch theater scholar , cultural historian , actress and writer .

biography

Sanneke van Hassel studied theater studies and cultural history at the University of Utrecht . For ten years she was a member of the drama company 't Barre Land in Amsterdam .

She made her debut as a writer in 2005 with the book IJsregen , a collection of short stories and short stories , which was directly nominated for the Women and Culture Debut Prize (Vrouw en Kultuur debuut prijs) and the Selexyz Debut Prize (Selexyz Debuutprijs).

Van Hassel is a regular contributor to literary magazines and short stories. In the spring of 2006, she spent three weeks in Sarajevo on behalf of the Peace of Utrecht organization (Vrede van Utrecht) , after which she wrote the report Snippers Sarajevo , which was published in the journal Tirade .

In 2007, her second collection of short stories appeared Witte veder that on the long list of the Gouden Uil stood for Halewijnprijs and Novel Award was nominated. Sanneke van Hassel was awarded the BNG Nieuwe Literatuurprijs for both volumes of short stories .

Van Hassel's first novel Nest was published in 2010. In 2011 she wrote short monologues that could be heard in the Dutch pavilion at the Venice Biennale . She published her third collection of short stories, Ezels , in 2012. In the same year, the author also joined the editorial team of the literary magazine Terras . The following year she was awarded the Anna Blaman Prijs for her entire oeuvre to date . Here blijf ik kwam uit , her fourth volume of short stories, was published in 2014. It consists of 45 short stories inspired by 45 photos from the annual exhibition De Kracht van Rotterdam .

In addition to her writing activities, Sanneke van Hassel runs programs that focus on the short story. In 2010, the Hotel van Hassel took place over a weekend in Amsterdam's De Balie art and culture center , where various authors presented contemporary short stories. In collaboration with the Foundation for Literary Activities (Stichting Literaire Activiteiten Amsterdam), van Hassel presents evenings with readings of short stories.

Works

Novels

• Nest. De Bezige Bij , Amsterdam 2010, ISBN 978-90-234-5471-7 .

Stories, short stories

• IJsregen. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 2005, ISBN 978-90-234-1691-3 .
• Witte veder. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 2007, ISBN 978-90-234-2962-3 .
• Ezels. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 2012, ISBN 978-90-234-6744-1 .
• Here blijf ik. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 2014, ISBN 97890-234-8775-3 .
• De Ochtenden. A keuze uit de verhalen by Jan van Mersbergen . De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 2015, ISBN 978-90-234-9300-6 .

Editorships

• Sanneke van Hassel, Annelies Verbeke (ed.): Naar de stad. The mooiste korte behaved from the 21st eeuw. De Geus, Breda 2013, ISBN 978-90-445-2023-1 .

So far none of her works has been translated into German.

Awards

• 2007: BNG Nieuwe Literatuurprijs for the entire oeuvre
• 2013: Anna Blaman Prijs for the entire oeuvre

Nominations

• 2005: Women and Culture Debut Prize (Vrouw en Kultuur debuut prijs)
• 2005: Selexyz debutantenprijs for IJsregen
• 2007: Novel Award for Witte veder
• 2007: Halewijnprijs for Witte veder
• 2007: Longlist of Gouden Uil for Witte veder

Web links

• Author's website (Dutch)
• Author of the De Bezige Bij publishing house
• Literature by and about Sanneke van Hassel in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ For the biography see: [1] or [2]
2. ^ Website of the acting company
3. ↑ Information on the Vrede van Utrecht Foundation
4. ↑ See: [3]
5. ↑ Press report on book publication
6. ↑ See also: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2013 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. 
7. ↑ Program and authors, April 16-18, 2010 (PDF)
8. ↑ Information on the foundation
9. ↑ Review by Arjan Peters: Lekker de auto laten slippen (review of the short story volume 'Ezels') . In: De Volkskrant . Retrieved June 28, 2016.
10. ↑ 27 short stories by Sanneke van Hassel selected by the writer Jan van Mersbergen .
11. ↑ Press release on the prize win with video