Aldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria "Connie" Palmen (born 25 November 1955) is a

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author. Palmen debuted with the novel ''De wetten'' (1990), published in the United States as ''The Laws'' (1993), translated by Richard Huijing. ''The Laws'' was shortlisted for the 1996

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. Her second novel was ''De vriendschap'' (1995), published in the United States as ''The Friendship'' (2000), translated by Ina Rilke. It is the story of the lifelong friendship of two girls with completely different characters. Palmen had a relationship with Ischa Meijer in the years preceding his death in 1995. From 1999 on she lived with D66

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Hans van Mierlo Henricus Antonius Franciscus Maria Oliva "Hans" van Mierlo (; 18 August 1931 – 11 March 2010) was a Dutch politician and journalist who co-founded Democrats 66 (D66). Van Mierlo studied Law at the Radboud University Nijmegen obtaining a Mas ...

, and the couple married on 11 November 2009 until his death on 11 March 2010.Connie Palmen en Hans van Mierlo getrouwd
Het Parool (11 november 2009).

Awards and honors

*2016

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for ''Jij zegt het''

Published works

* 1991 ''De Wetten'' (1993 ''The Laws'') * 1995 ''De Vriendschap'' (2000 ''The Friendship'') * 1998 ''I.M.'' * 1999 ''De Erfenis'' ("

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geschenk") * 2002 ''Geheel de uwe'' * 2007 ''Lucifer'' * 2015 ''Jij zegt het''

References

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