Harry Bekkering (born in 1944 in

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) is a Dutch cultural scientist. He is an author and an associate professor at the

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. Bekkering was born in 1944 in

. For several years he was professor of Language and Culture Studies at the

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, specializing in

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and youth literature. He obtained his doctorate for research into

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's essayistics. In the 1980s and 1990s he was a board member and chairman of the Vestdijkkring. He was also a board member of the

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. In 1989 he published is first book ''De eeuw van Sien en Otje. De twintigste eeuw'', followed by ''De hele Bibelebontse berg: De geschiedenis van het kinderboek in Nederland & Vlaanderen van de Middeleeuwen tot heden'', published the same year with

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Works

* ''De eeuw van Sien en Otje. De twintigste eeuw'' (1989) * ''De hele Bibelebontse berg'' (1989) * ''Veroverde traditie. De poëticale opvattingen van S. Vestdijk'' (1989) * ''De bloemlezing als breekijzer'' (1997) * ''Ik had wel duizend levens en ik nam er maar één! Cees Nooteboom'' (1997)

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Harry Bekkering
at the

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