Dutch writing in English - An appreciation
As a bit of a Netherlandophile I have read quite a few books by Dutch writers and thought it might be nice to exchange views and hopefully learn of new one’s I hadn’t heard of.
I thought I’d start by having threads for some of the writers I have enjoyed (or plan to enjoy) both fiction and non-fiction, and also a thread for works written by non-Dutch writers who write about the Netherlands. Then if there are any Dutch members to the group perhaps they will give us some input about how authentic the writers have been.
I shall also start a thread for biographies and histories related to the Dutch. And a thread for art.
I have to own that I haven’t read all the books in the photo, and most of the others need re-reading with a more alert eye before I can contribute fully, but I shall enjoy doing so over the coming months.
| TopicTopic | Messages | Last Message | ||
| Dutch literature | 1 unread / 1 | Goldy1989, December 2012 | ||
| Other Dutch Writers | 19 unread / 19 | edwinbcn, October 2012 | ||
| Tessa de Loos | 3 unread / 3 | edwinbcn, September 2012 | ||
| Hugo Claus | 10 unread / 10 | rebeccanyc, August 2012 | ||
| Non-Dutch writers writing about the Netherlands | 16 unread / 16 | edwinbcn, August 2012 | ||
| Cees Nooteboom | 6 unread / 6 | edwinbcn, August 2012 | ||
| Maarten 't Hart | 3 unread / 3 | edwinbcn, August 2012 | ||
| Harry Mulisch | 17 unread / 17 | Caroline_McElwee, November 2010 | ||
| Louis Couperus | 2 unread / 2 | Caroline_McElwee, November 2010 | ||
| Books by English authors about Holland | 1 unread / 1 | Williamsjb, October 2009 | ||
| The Occupied Garden | 1 unread / 1 | Caroline_McElwee, June 2009 | ||
| THE TWIN by Gerbrand Bakker | 2 unread / 2 | knarf, January 2009 | ||
| Off topic | 7 unread / 7 | callmejacx, August 2008 | ||
| New Dutch Writers: | 15 unread / 15 | kiwidoc, June 2008 | ||
| Biography and History (Dutch related) | 10 unread / 10 | Caroline_McElwee, April 2008 | ||
| Introduce yourself | 16 unread / 16 | kiwidoc, April 2008 | ||
| Queries for dutch members | 5 unread / 5 | boekerij, February 2008 | ||
| Theatre in the Low Countries | 4 unread / 4 | knarf, February 2008 | ||
| General Messageboard | 7 unread / 7 | kiwidoc, February 2008 | ||
| Anja Sicking | 1 unread / 1 | Caroline_McElwee, January 2008 | ||
| Marcellus Emants | 3 unread / 3 | Randy_Hierodule, January 2008 | ||
| Marcel Moring | 5 unread / 5 | xtien, November 2007 | ||
| Read in Dutch (Recommendations) | 19 unread / 19 | kiwidoc, November 2007 | ||
| Jan Wolkers | 7 unread / 7 | Caroline_McElwee, October 2007 | ||
| Art | 10 unread / 10 | Caroline_McElwee, October 2007 | ||
| Translation | 1 unread / 1 | Caroline_McElwee, October 2007 |
