Hans Maarten Timotheus "Tim" Krabbé (born 13 April 1943) is a Dutch

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and

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player. Krabbé was born in

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. His writing has appeared in most major periodicals in the

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. Once a competitive cyclist, he is known to Dutch readers for his novel ''De Renner'' (''The Rider''), first published in 1978 and translated into English in 2002, of which ''

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's'' Matt Seaton wrote: "Nothing better is ever likely to be written on the subjective experience of cycle-racing". English readers know him primarily for ''The Vanishing'' (Dutch: Spoorloos, literally: "Traceless" or "Without a Trace"), the translation of his 1984 novel ''Het Gouden Ei'' ('' The Golden Egg''), which was made into an acclaimed 1988 Dutch film for which Krabbé co-wrote a script. A poorly received American remake was made in 1993. In 1997 he published ''De grot'', translated as ''The Cave'' and published in the U.S. in 2000. In 2009, he wrote the "

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geschenk", called ''Een Tafel vol Vlinders''. Krabbé is a strong

player who competed in two Dutch Chess Championships in 1967 and 1971. He maintains a chess website, and is renowned for his writings on the subject, in particular on

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s; for instance, one of his publications is devoted to the

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. No longer an active player, his peak

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Maarten Krabbé Maarten Krabbé (22 February 1908 – 18 February 2005) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and art educator. Early life Krabbé is the son of painter Hendrik Maarten Krabbé (1868–1931) and singer Miep Rust (1874–1956). His sist ...

(1908–2005) and his mother the Jewish film translator Margreet Reiss. He is the brother of actor Jeroen Krabbé and the multimedia artist/designer Mirko Krabbé, and the uncle of Martijn Krabbé, a Dutch media personality. KemperSnoijinkKrabbe1988

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* ** * * * * 1943 births Living people Dutch chess players Dutch Jews Dutch journalists Dutch people of Jewish descent Chess players from Amsterdam Writers from Amsterdam Dutch chess writers Dutch male novelists Chess composers Dutch screenwriters Dutch male screenwriters Cycling writers {{netherlands-journalist-stub