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 ''The Golden Egg'' (Dutch: ''Het Gouden Ei''), published as ''The Vanishing'' in English-speaking countries, is a psychological thriller novella written by Dutch author Tim Krabbé, first published in 1984. The plot centers on a man whose obsessi ...

''), 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

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s 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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was 2290.Tim Krabbe at Olimpbase
/ref> His father was the painter

Maarten Krabbé Maarten Krabbé (22 February 1908 – 18 February 2005) was a Dutch painter and art educator. Early life Krabbé is the son of painter Hendrik Maarten Krabbé (1868–1931) and singer Miep Rust (1874–1956). His sisters were Henny Eskens- ...

(1908–2005) and his mother the Jewish film translator Margreet Reiss. He is the brother of actor

Jeroen Krabbé Jeroen Aart Krabbé (; born 5 December 1944) is a Dutch actor and film director with a successful career in both Dutch and English-language films. He is best known to international audiences for his leading roles in the Paul Verhoeven films ''So ...

and the multimedia artist/designer

Mirko Krabbé Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in South Slavic languages, which together m ...

, and the uncle of

Martijn Krabbé Martijn Joop Krabbé (born 26 March 1968) is a Dutch radio and television presenter. Career Krabbé started his career in Dutch media as a 19-year-old in the Dutch TV programme "Popformule". Later, he hosted several Dutch television programmes, ...

, a Dutch media personality.

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