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Jessica Durlacher (; born 6 September 1961) is a Dutch

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, columnist and novelist. Her father is the sociologist and writer Gerhard Durlacher, who survived the

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. She is married to novelist

Leon de Winter Leon de Winter (born 24 February 1954) is a Dutch writer and columnist. Early life Leon de Winter was born on 24 February 1954 in Den Bosch, in the southern Netherlands. He grew up in a Jewish orthodox family and attended City Grammar Schoo ...

and they have two children, Moos and

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(Solomonica). :nl:Jessica Durlacherbr>
accessed October 8, 2006 Jessica Durlacher writes

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s and

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s for several magazines, such as

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. She made her debut as a novelist in 1997 with ''Het Geweten'' (''The Conscience''), following with ''De Dochter'' (''The Daughter'') in 2000. Both novels are about children of

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. Her third novel, ''Emoticon'', was published in 2004. The story is set against the background of the

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. Her novels have been translated into German, Swedish, Russian and Italian. In the fall of 2005 she was a co-professor, together with Johan Snapper and

, at

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of the course titled ''

Anne Frank Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (, ; 12 June 1929 – )Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed"New research sheds new light on Anne Fra ...

and After,'' focusing on Dutch

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literature and film, and recent religious and political developments in the Netherlands.Dutch Studies – Courses
(Google cache); accessed October 8, 2006

Bibliography

* ''Het geweten'' (1998) * ''De dochter'' (2000) * ''Op scherp'' (2001) * ''Nieuwbouw'' (2004) * ''Emoticon'' (2004) * ''Schrijvers!'' (2005)

References

External links

Official website
(in Dutch) 1961 births Dutch columnists Dutch Jews Dutch literary critics Dutch women literary critics Dutch people of German-Jewish descent Dutch women writers Living people Dutch women columnists Writers from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-writer-stub