Marente de Moor (; born 1972) is a Dutch novelist and columnist. She published four novels and two collections of short stories. She won the

AKO Literatuurprijs The Bookspot Literatuurprijs (previously ECI Literatuurprijs, AKO Literatuurprijs and Generale Bank Literatuurprijs) is a prize for literature in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is awarded to authors writing in Dutch language, Dutch and amounts t ...

(2011) and the

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(2014) for her novel ''De Nederlandse maagd'' (2010). Her work is translated into sixteen languages.

Life and career

Marente de Moor was born in 1972 in

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in the

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. She is the daughter of writer and piano teacher

Margriet de Moor Margaretha Maria Antonetta 'Margriet' de Moor ('' née'' Neefjes; born 1941) is a Dutch pianist and writer of novels and essays. She won the AKO Literatuurprijs for her novel ''Eerst grijs dan wit dan blauw'' (1991). Life and career Margaretha ...

(born 1941) and visual artist Heppe de Moor (1938–1992). Greta Riemersma,
Interview Marente de Moor: 'Een boek lijkt heel pretentieus'
, ''

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'', 2011. Retrieved on 13 March 2015. She studied

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and

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at the

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and graduated in 1999. She lived in

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from 1991 to 2001. De Moor was a columnist for ''

De Groene Amsterdammer ''De Groene Amsterdammer'' is an independent Dutch weekly news magazine published in Amsterdam and distributed throughout the Netherlands. It is conventionally considered to be one of the four major weeklies, alongside ''HP/De Tijd'', ''Vrij Neder ...

''. A collection of her columns in ''De Groene'' was published as ''Petersburgse vertellingen'' (Petersburgian tales) in 1999. Since 2009, she is a columnist for ''

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'' (''VN''). A collection of her columns in ''VN'' was published as ''Kleine vogel, grote man'' (Small bird, big man) in 2013. Her fiction debut was the novel ''De overtreder'' (The offender) in 2007. He second novel ''De Nederlandse maagd'' (The Dutch virgin) was published in 2010 and won the

in 2011 and the

in 2014.
Marente de Moor wint AKO Literatuurprijs
, '' Nu.nl'', 2011. Retrieved on 13 March 2015. Lucie Th. Vermij,
Marente de Moor wint European Union Prize for Literature 2014
''Het Boekblad'', 2014. Retrieved on 13 March 2015. Her third novel ''Roundhay, tuinscène'' (Roundhay, garden scene) was published in 2013 (in 2018 as 'Aus dem Licht' by Hanser Verlag.) Frank Heinen,

", ''

'', 2013. Retrieved on 13 March 2015. Her fourth novel 'Phon' was published in 2019 in Dutch and in 2021 in German by Hanser Verlag.

Awards

(2011) for ''De Nederlandse maagd'' *

(2014) for ''De Nederlandse maagd'' * J.M.A. Biesheuvelprijs (2016) for ''Gezellige verhalen'' * F.Bordewijkprijs (2019) for ''Foon'' * Jan Wolkersprijs (2019) for ''Foon''

Bibliography

* (1999) ''Petersburgse vertellingen'' (Petersburgian tales), columns * (2007) ''De overtreder'' (The offender), novel * (2010) ''De Nederlandse maagd'' (The Dutch virgin), novel * (2013) ''Roundhay, tuinscène'' (Roundhay, garden scene), novel * (2013) ''Kleine vogel, grote man'' (Small bird, big man), columns * (2015) ''Gezellige verhalen'', short stories * (2018) ''Foon'', novel

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moor, Marente De 1972 births Dutch columnists 21st-century Dutch novelists Dutch women novelists Living people Writers from The Hague Dutch women columnists 21st-century Dutch women writers