Wytske Versteeg
Wytske Versteeg (born May 2, 1983 ) is a Dutch writer .
Life
Wytske Versteeg completed her political science degree in 2005. In 2008 she published the essay Dit is geen dakloze . Her debut novel De Wezenlozen was published in 2012, won the VrouwDebuutprijs and was on the longlist for the AKO Literatuurprijs . Her essays and reviews have appeared in NRC Handelsblad , Vrij Nederland , Opzij , De Revisor , Hollands Maandblad and Tirade , among others . In 2013 she received the BNG Nieuwe Literatuurprijs for Boy ; the novel was also on the longlist of the Libris Literatuur Prijs and has been translated several times. She was awarded the Frans Kellendonk Prize 2020 for her novels and essayistic work .
Versteeg lives in Delft .
Works (selection)
- This is geen Dakloze . Essay. Lemniscaat, Rotterdam 2008
- De wezenlozen . Novel. Prometheus, Amsterdam 2012, ISBN 978-90-446-2035-1
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Boy . Novel. Prometheus, Amsterdam 2013, ISBN 978-90-446-2036-8
- Boy . Translation by Christiane Burkhardt. Wagenbach, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-8031-2755-6
- Quarantine . Novel. Prometheus, Amsterdam 2015, ISBN 978-90-446-2691-9
- Grime . Novel. Querido, Amsterdam 2017, ISBN 978-90-214-0531-5
- Verdwijnpunt autobiography. Querido, Amsterdam 2020, ISBN 978-90-214-1932-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Wytske Versteeg in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Short biography and reviews of works by Wytske Versteeg at perlentaucher.de
- Wytske Versteeg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wytske Versteeg , website
- Wytske Versteeg , at the Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin , 2016
- Wytske Versteeg , at the Frankfurt Book Fair , 2016
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| SURNAME | Versteeg, Wytske |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer and political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2nd 1983 |