Roel Bentz van den Berg

(1949) is not only a writer, he is also a producer for the VPRO radio and television. He presents the cultural programmes De droomhandel (The dream trade) en De Avonden (The evenings) and in 2002 has made, together with Hans Keller, a film about the life and work of his father, the actor Han Bentz van den Berg. He is also the author of the series ‘Zapdansen’ ('Zapdancing') in the NRC Handelsblad newspaper. Earlier his collections of narrative essays appeared, entitled De luchtgitaar (The air guitar) (1994) and De overdaad (The excess) (1999). In 2004 his novel Dagen van vertrek (Days of departure) appeared.