Renate Maria Dorrestein (25 January 1954 – 4 May 2018) was a Dutch writer, journalist and

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. She started working as a junior journalist for the Dutch magazines ''Libelle'' and ''Panorama''. During the period 1977 - 1982 she published in ''Het Parool'', ''Viva'', ''Onkruid'' and ''Opzij''. Dorrestein published her first novel (''Buitenstaanders'') in 1983. Her sister's suicide had a great influence on her books.

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, 23 February 2013, "Paspoort Renate Dorrestein - De winst van iedere crisis is dat alle flauwekul van je afvalt" (in Dutch: author Inge van den Blink) Dorrestein won the ''Annie Romein'' prize in 1993 for her complete body of work. A lot of Dorrestein's books were translated, and they were sold in 14 countries. In September 2017 Dorrestein publicly announced that she was suffering from

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. She died on 4 May 2018 at the age of 64.

Bibliography

* 1976 – ''Voorleesboek voor planten'' () * 1983 – ''Buitenstaanders'' * 1985 – ''Vreemde streken'' * 1986 – ''Noorderzon'' * 1987 – ''Een nacht om te vliegeren'' * 1988 – ''Korte metten'' * 1988 – ''Het perpetuum mobile van de liefde'' * 1988 – ''Haar kop eraf. Alice als ideale heldin voor hedendaagse feministes'' (essay, ) * 1989 – ''Vóór alles een dame'' * 1991 – ''Het hemelse gerecht'' * 1992 – ''Katten en de kunst van het boekenonderhoud / Cats and the art of book maintenance'' * 1992 – ''Ontaarde moeders'' (translated into English as ''Unnatural mothers'' for the US) * 1993 – ''Heden ik'' * 1994 – ''Een sterke man'' * 1996 – ''Verborgen gebreken'' (translated into English as ''Crying shame'' for the UK and made into a film in 2004 (', by

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) * 1997 – ''Het Tiende Inzicht'' () * 1997 – ''Want dit is mijn lichaam'' ("

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geschenk") * 1998 – ''Een hart van steen'' (translated into English as ''A heart of stone'' for the US and the UK) * 1999 – ''Voor Liefde klik op F'' (short story) * 2000 – ''Het geheim van de schrijver'' * 2001 – ''Zonder genade'' (translated into English as ''Without mercy'' for the US and the UK) * 2003 – ''Het duister dat ons scheidt'' * 2004 – ''Zolang er leven is'' * 2006 – ''Mijn zoon heeft een seksleven en ik lees mijn moeder Roodkapje voor'' * 2007 – ''Echt sexy'' * 2008 – ''Laat me niet alleen'' * 2009 – ''Is er hoop'' * 2009 – ''Heiligenlevens en bananenpitten'' * 2010 – ''De leesclub'' * 2011 – ''Pas goed op jezelf '' (novella, also available as

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, written while

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with the

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) * 2011 – ''De stiefmoeder'' * 2012 – ''De zondagmiddagauto'' * 2013 – ''De blokkade'' * 2013 – ''Nott Won't Sleep'' (

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game for toddlers about sleeping) * 2014 – ''Liever horen we onszelf'' (

) * 2015 – ''

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'' * 2015 – ''Penvriendin in China: Hoe ik dacht een dissident te helpen'' * 2016 – ''Zeven soorten honger'' * 2017 – ''Reddende engel'' () * 2017 – ''Liever horen we onszelf'' (reissue of the audiobook from 2014, ) * 2018 – ''Dagelijks werk - een schrijversleven'' ("literary autobiography" with various texts written by Dorrestein in the course of her life, some of them published before, with a newly added introduction for each. )

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorrestein, Renate 1954 births 2018 deaths Dutch feminists Dutch journalists Dutch women writers Feminist writers Writers from Amsterdam International Writing Program alumni Deaths from esophageal cancer Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands