{"id":459,"date":"2020-03-13T13:19:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/?p=459"},"modified":"2020-04-16T00:47:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:47:42","slug":"no-14-spring-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/no-14-spring-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 14, Spring 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Dutch Books in English<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This is an exciting time for Dutch literature with several nominations for highly prestigious British book prizes. Not only the widely-reported\u00a0Booker International<\/strong>\u00a0longlisting of Marieke Lucas Rijneveld\u2019s\u00a0The Evening is Discomfort<\/em>, translated by Michele Hutchison, but also the first ever inclusion of a translation on the\u00a0Carnegie Medal<\/strong>\u00a0longlist for Annet Schaap\u2019s\u00a0Lampie and the Children of the Sea<\/em>, translated by Laura Watkinson, whose\u00a0translation of Gijs van der Hammen and Hanneke Siemensma\u2019s\u00a0Little Wise Wolf<\/em>\u00a0scored a\u00a0Greenaway Award<\/strong>\u00a0longlisting. February 2020 also saw the presentation in London of the biennial Vondel Prize for the best translation from Dutch into English. The winner was Michele Hutchison for her translation of Sander Kollaard\u2019s\u00a0Stage Four<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Fiction<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Rodaan Al Galidi,\u00a0Two Blankets, Three Sheets<\/em>. Translated by Jonathan Reeder. World Editions, 2020. PB.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hendrik Groen,\u00a0On the Bright Side: The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 85 Years Old<\/em>. Translated by Hester Velmans. Grand Central Publishing, 2019. HB.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, The Discomfort of Evening<\/em>. Translated by Michele Hutchison. Faber, 2020. PB. Orders:\u00a0bridgetl@faber.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tommy Wieringa,\u00a0The Blessed Rita<\/em>. Translated by Sam Garrett. Scribe, 2020. HB.\u00a0 Orders:\u00a0orders@gbs.tbs-ltd.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Felix Timmermans,\u00a0Intimations of Death<\/em>.\u00a0 Translated by Paul Vincent. Valancourt Books, 2019. PB.<\/p>\n

Esther Verhoef,\u00a0Close to the Cradle: A Thriller<\/em>. Translated by Alexander Smith. Amazon Crossing, 2019. PB.<\/p>\n

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Nonfiction<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Roxane van Iperen,\u00a0The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story Of Two Sisters’ Resistance In The Heart Of Nazi Territory<\/em>. Translated by Joni Zwart. Seven Dials, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Margot Vanderstraeten,\u00a0Mazel Tov: The Story of my Extraordinary Friendship with an Orthodox Jewish Family<\/em>. Translated by Jane Hedley-Prole. Pushkin Press, 2020. PB. Orders:\u00a0michael@geoghegan.me.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Eddy de Wind,\u00a0Last Stop Auschwitz: My Story of Survival from within the Camp<\/em>. Translated by David Colmer. Transworld, 2019. HB Grand Central Publishing, 2020. HB.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jurriaan Benschop,\u00a0Salt in the Wound: Encountering Contemporary Artists Across Europe<\/em>. Translated by Susan Ridder. Garret Publications, 2019. PB.<\/p>\n

Rick Blom,\u00a0Hunger: How Food Shaped the Course of the First World War<\/em>. Translated by Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen. Uniform\/Waterloo (Can.): Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2019. PB.<\/p>\n

Mari\u00ebtte Boon and Liesbeth van Rossum,\u00a0Fat: The Secret Organ<\/em>. Translated by Colleen Higgins. Quercus, 2020. PB. Orders:\u00a0Lottie.chase@quercusbooks.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Nienke Denekamp,\u00a0The Gauguin Atlas<\/em>. Translated by Laura Watkinson. Yale University Press, 2019. HB.<\/p>\n

Willemijn van Dijk,\u00a0The Successor: Tiberius and the Triumph of the Roman Empire<\/em>. Translated by Kathleen Brandt-Carey. Baylor University Press, 2019. HB.<\/p>\n

Herman van Praag, M..\u00a0Deference to Doubt: A Young Man’s Quest for Religious Identity in First Century Judea<\/em>. Translated by Rosalind Buck. Urim Publications, 2020. HB.<\/p>\n

Ruud van der Rol and Rian Verhoeven.\u00a0Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary, a Photographic Remembrance<\/em>. Translated by Tony Langham and Plym Peters. Penguin. PB.<\/p>\n

Simone van Saarloos,\u00a0Playing Monogamy<\/em>. Translated by Liz Waters. Musagetes Foundation, 2019. PB.<\/p>\n

Ivo van Vulpen,\u00a0How to Find a Higgs Boson\u2014and Other Big Mysteries in the World of the Very Small<\/em>. Translated by David McKay. Yale University Press, 2020. HB.<\/p>\n

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Children’s and Young Adult<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Tonke Dragt,\u00a0The Goldsmith and the Master Thief<\/em>. Translated by Laura Watkinson. Pushkin Press, 2019. HB. Orders:\u00a0michael@geoghegan.me.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Toon Tellegen,\u00a0I Wish<\/em>. Translated by David Colmer. Elsewhere Editions, 2020. HB.\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/www.vanditmar.nl\/\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Floor Bal,\u00a0It Started with a Big Bang: The Origin of Earth, You and Everything Else<\/em>. Translated by Kathleen Keenan. Ill. Sebastiaan Van Doninck. Kids Can Press, 2019.<\/p>\n

Dick Bruna,\u00a0Miffy x Rembrandt<\/em>.\u00a0 Translated by Richard de Nooy. Mercis, 2019. Children\u2019s HB.<\/p>\n

Annemarie van der Eem,\u00a0I Want a Lion!<\/em>.\u00a0 Translated by Jesse Goossens. Ill. Mark Janssen. Lemniscaat, 2019.<\/p>\n

Piet Grobler,\u00a0Franciscus and the Animals<\/em>.\u00a0 Translated by Jesse Goossens. Ill. Piet Grobler. Lemniscaat, 2019.<\/p>\n

Annemarie van Haeringen,\u00a0My Mama<\/em>.\u00a0 Translated by Bill Nagelkerke. Ill. Annemarie van Haeringen. Gecko Press, 2020. HB. Orders:\u00a0www.bouncemarketing.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Benny Lindelauf,\u00a0Fing’s War<\/em>. Translated by John Nieuwenhuizen. Enchanted Lion Books, 2019.<\/p>\n

Tom Schamp,\u00a0It’s a Great Big Colorful World: Encylopaedia Otto-colorista<\/em>. Translated by Michele Hutchison. Ill. Tom Schamp. Prestel, 2019. HB.<\/p>\n

Dieter and Ingrid Schubert,\u00a0Maurits Mouse and Rembrandt: The Master and his Mouse<\/em>. Translated by Marije Matthew. Leopold, 2019. HB.<\/p>\n

No\u00eblle Smit,\u00a0In the Garden<\/em>. Translated by Laura Watkinson. Little Island Books, 2020. HB.<\/p>\n

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P<\/strong>oetry<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Charlotte Van den Broeck,\u00a0Chameleon | Nachtroer<\/em>. Translated by David Colmer. Bloodaxe Books, 2020. PB.\u00a0 Orders:\u00a0export@gbs.tbs-ltd.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Toon Tellegen,\u00a0Under a Giant Sky: Selected Poems<\/em>. Translated by Judith Wilkinson. Shoestring Press, 2019. PB.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Menno Wigman,\u00a0Beautiful Things: In Memory of Menno Wigman<\/em>. Translated by David Colmer. Arc Publications, 2020 PB Orders:\u00a0sue.arc@btconnect.com<\/a>\u00a0(tel: +44 (0)1706 812338).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jan Baeke,\u00a0Bigger than the Facts<\/em>. Translated by Antoinette Fawcett. Arc Publications, 2020. PB. Orders:\u00a0sue.arc@btconnect.com<\/a>\u00a0(tel: +44 (0)1706 812338)<\/p>\n

Jules Deelder,\u00a0Transeuropa: Poems<\/em>. Translated by Scott Emblen-Jarrett. Holland Park Press, 2019. PB.<\/p>\n

Frank Koenegracht,\u00a0Early Snow: Poems, 1971-2003<\/em>. Translated by Koenraad Kuiper and Sarah Hart. Spuyten Duyvil, 2019. PB.<\/p>\n

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Graphic novels<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Eva Cardon,\u00a0Us Two Together<\/em>. Translated by Michele Hutchison. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. HB.<\/p>\n

Joris Vermassen,\u00a0Mad with Joy: A Graphic Novel<\/em>. Translated by Jan W. Goeminne and Joe Sutliff Sanders. Ill. Joris Vermassen. Fanfare, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Dutch Books in English This is an exciting time for Dutch literature with several nominations for highly prestigious British book prizes. Not only the widely-reported\u00a0Booker International\u00a0longlisting of Marieke Lucas Rijneveld\u2019s\u00a0The Evening is Discomfort, translated by Michele Hutchison, but also the first ever inclusion of a translation on the\u00a0Carnegie Medal\u00a0longlist for Annet Schaap\u2019s\u00a0Lampie and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newdutchbooksinenglish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}