Nelleke Noordervliet
(Netherlands, 1945) writes novels, stories, essays, lectures and columns with a strong historical bent. She debuted with 1987's Tine of de dalen waar het leven woont (Tine, or the Valleys Where Life Lives), a fictitious biography of 19th-century Dutch writer Multatuli's first wife. Her book De naam van de vader (The Name of the Father) won the 1994 Multatuli Prize. In 2002 she wrote Pelican Bay, about slavery in the Caribbean and the Netherlands. Her essay collection Schatplicht (Tribute) appeared in 2013, and her 2016 novel Aan het eind van de dag (At the End of the Day) is simultaneously a portrait of a career woman and a snapshot of the second half of the 20th century. De val van Thomas G. (The fall of Thomas G.) tells about the publisher of a controversial book. Noordervliet's body of work was awarded the 2018 Constantijn Huygens Prize.
Past events
Unmasking Colonial Myths
Are we dealing with stubbornly clinging myths about colonial times, also in our literature?
Nelleke Noordervliet: The text of my life
"is the first monologue of Media from Euripides' play" She explains why to Manon Uphoff and Aleid Truijens. In Dutch.
Burger King and Citizenship
The debate on the role of the citizen in democracy is in the spotlights. But is the ordinary citizen waiting for such a king's role? Why not have an election every so often? David Van Reybrouck, Bas Heijne and Willem Schinkel in search of the answer, talking to Paul van der Gaag. Nelleke Noordervliet opens with a column, diving into the history of Dutch democracy. In Dutch.
Ghost Writing
Ahmad al-Aidi and Dimitri Verhulst wrote a story responding to existing images of fear of 'the Arab' or ‘the westerner’. Nelleke Noordervliet talks with them. Cartoonist Willem reacts on the stories. In English.
