Historical FigureFemale
Renate Dorrestein
1954 – 2018
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryRenate Maria Dorrestein was a Dutch writer, journalist and feminist. She started working as a junior journalist for the Dutch magazines Libelle and Panorama. During the period 1977 - 1982 she published in Het Parool, Viva, Onkruid and Opzij. Dorrestein published her first novel (Buitenstaanders) in 1983. Her sister's suicide had a great influence on her books. Dorrestein won the Annie Romein prize in 1993 for her complete body of work. A lot of Dorrestein's books were translated, and they were sold in 14 countries.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
January 25, 1954
Amsterdam
Date of death
May 4, 2018
Aerdenhout
Citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Occupations & fields
writernovelistscreenwriterjournalistwomen's rights activist
Awards & honours
Opzij Literature prize
Notable works
Zonder genade
- Field and occupation
- nizozemská spisovatelka a žurnalistka, zabývá se feminismem
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