Maarten van der Graaff

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Maarten van der Graaff
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Maarten van der Graaff (2016)
Born (1987-10-14) 14 October 1987 (age 34)
Dirksland, Netherlands
OccupationPoet
Notable awards

Maarten van der Graaff (born 14 October 1987) is a Dutch poet.

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Career

Van der Graaff made his debut with Vluchtautogedichten (2013). He won the C. Buddingh'-prijs in 2014 for this debut. [1] He received the J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs for his second poetry collection Dood Werk (2015). [2]

In 2017, he made his debut as novelist with the novel Wormen en engelen. He won the Prijs voor het Religieuze Boek in 2018 for this book. The book was also nominated for the Anton Wachterprijs that year.

His works have been published by Atlas Contact.

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 Kort, Sebastiaan (19 June 2014). "'Goede poëzie druist flink tegen de goede smaak in'" (in Dutch). NRC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 van der Boog, Eline (12 April 2017). "Winnaar J.C. Bloempoëzieprijs 2017 bekend" (in Dutch). manuscripta.nl. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.