Languages
- Mother tongue
Dutch
- Translates from
Finnish
- Translates to
Dutch
- Other language skills
Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish
Education
- Academic degree
Master, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 1979 (Dutch language and literature)
- Additional subject-specific studies
Finnish culture, language and literature
Translations
- Interests and specialisation
Fiction, Prose, Poetry, Drama, Art, Art history, Literature, Music
- List of translations
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De zeven broers. Athenaeum, Polak & van Gennep, 2017. Original title: Seitsemän veljestä by Aleksis Kivi. Genre: Prose. preface by Kester Freriks, epilogue by me
Melancholie I. Uitgeverij Oevers, 2018. Original title: Melancholia I by Jon Fosse. Genre: Prose. together with Edith Koenders
De hond zingt in zijn slaap. De Bezige Bij, 2005. Original title: (runoja) by Sirkka Turkka. Genre: Poetry. anthology , preface by Tonnus Oosterhoff
Grensvervagingen. Holmsterland/SKF, 1992. Original title: (anthology) by several. Genre: Prose. anthology of Finnish short stories, preface by me
Krijgsvolk der Gedachten - moderne Finse gedichten. Holmsterland/SKF, 1992. Original title: (anthology) by several. Genre: Poetry. anthology, together with Willem Sinninghe Damsté, preface by me
Mijn broer Sebastiaan. Transculturele Uitgeverij Masusa, 1987. Original title: Veljeni Sebastian by Annika Idström. Genre: Prose.
- Now translating
Dag Solstadt, Ellevte roman, bok atten
I will be pleased to write reader’s reports.
Uppdaterad:
13.5.2019