Maartje Wortel

(The Netherlands, 1982) writes novels, non-fiction and theatre, has published stories in various literary magazines and has written columns for NRC Handelsblad. Her debut was the short story collection Dit is jouw huis (This is your house, 2010). IJstijd (Ice Age, 2014), awarded with the BNG Literature Prize, is a witty novel about love, literature and identity. The stories in her collection Er moet iets gebeuren (Something Must Happen, 2015) are alienating and logical at the same time, chaotic and orderly, funny and harsh. The novel Dennie is een star (Dennie is a Star, 2019) is about time and space, about religion, about sex and, above all, about Dennie, the cat. In Maartje's novel Camping (2024), camping is not an idyllic activity. The guests at Victorien's camping are all on the run: from a crying baby, a sex scandal, war trauma or a stifling marriage.

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