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Tessa de Loo (born 15 October 1946) is the pen name of the Dutch novelist and short story writer Johanna Martina (Tineke) Duyvené de Wit.
Tessa de Loo's website (in English)
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Tessa de Loo (born 15 October 1946) is the pen name of the Dutch novelist and short story writer Johanna Martina (Tineke) Duyvené de Wit.
Biography
Born inBussum
Bussum () is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the province of North Holland in the Netherlands near Hilversum. Since 2016, Bussum has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren.
Bussum had a ...
in North Holland
North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...
, de Loo was the oldest of three children. After matriculating from high school, she studied Dutch at Utrecht University
Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...
but interrupted her studies for a time to work as a teacher. In 1976, she returned to university but finally decided to devote her life entirely to writing. She had married when she was 20 but from 1980 she lived alone with her son in Pieterburen
Pieterburen is a village in the northeastern Netherlands, located in the municipality of Het Hogeland, Groningen.
History
Around 1300, a dike was built north of the present village. During the 14th century, a settlement appeared on a mudflat ...
on the north coast. After the Dutch newspapers had published two of her short stories in 1975 and 1978, she finally succeeded to have her novel ''De meisjes van de suikerwerkfabriek'' published in 1983.
Other successes have been ''Meander'' (1986), ' (The Burnt Offering, 1987) and ''Isabelle'' (1989) but her greatest success to date has been ''De tweeling'' (1993), translated into English as ''The Twins'' (2000). The award-winning novel tells the story of twin sisters who were separated during the Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, one living in Germany, the other in the Netherlands. They meet again when they have both reached old age, providing a framework for presenting the history of relationships between the two countries.
Now living in the south of Portugal, Tessa de Loo has become one of the most successful Dutch novelists.
Works
Tessa de Loo has written the following novels: *''De meisjes van de suikerwerkfabriek'' (1983) *''Meander'' (1986) *''Het rookoffer'' (1987) *''Het mirakel van de hond'' (1988) *''Isabelle'' (1989) *''De tweeling'' (1993), translated as '' The Twins'' (2002) *''Alle verhalen tot morgen'' (1995) *''Toen zat Lorelei nog op de rots'' (1997) *''Een varken in het paleis'' (1998) *''Een gevaar op de weg'' (1999) *''Een bed in de hemel'' (2000), translated as ''A bed in heaven'' (2002) *''De zoon uit Spanje'' (2004) *''Verraad me niet'' (2011) *''Kenau'' (2013) *''Een goed nest'' (2014) *''Liefde in Pangea'' (2017)References
External links
Tessa de Loo's website (in English)
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