Marie Kessels (born
Nederweert
Nederweert (; li, Ni-jwieërt ) is a municipality and a town in southeastern Netherlands with a population of as of and has an area of of which is water.
Nederweert lies at the intersection of three channels: the Zuid-Willemsvaart, the Noord ...
, 11 December 1954) is a Dutch poet and prose writer. She received the
Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs {{short description, Dutch literary award
The Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize or F. Bordewijk-prijs is a literary award, presented annually by the Jan Campert Foundation to the author of the best Dutch prose book.
The prize was established in 1948 as the ...
in 2009 for ''Ruw''.
In 1999, she received the
Multatuli Prize.
References
Profileat the
Digital library for Dutch literature
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1954 births
Living people
Dutch women poets
Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize winners
People from Nederweert
21st-century Dutch women writers
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