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.

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1954 births Living people Dutch women poets Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize winners People from Nederweert 21st-century Dutch women writers {{Netherlands-writer-stub