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Jaap Robben’s Mastery Shines Through In The Dialogues Of ‘Afterlight’
29 March 2024
In his novel Afterlight, the acclaimed Dutch poet and author Jaap Robben describes a complex love, set in Nijmegen from the 1960s through to today. The lovers, Frieda and Otto, are subtly fleshed out through dialogue and their relationships with other characters.
Hospitality, to an Extent. Refugees in the Netherlands
27 October 2022
At the beginning of the First World War, one million Belgians fled to the Netherlands. About one hundred thousand remained there throughout the war, most of them in large camps. The Netherlands showed itself to be hospitable, but there was much to be said about the conditions in the refugee camps. W
International Booker Prize Nominee Jaap Robben Is a Master of Moral Ambivalence
17 April 2021
Long praised in the Netherlands for his sparkling children’s books, theatre scripts, and poetry, Jaap Robben has in recent years also gained an international reputation thanks to his novels You Have Me to Love and Summer Brother. Robben has now been nominated for the International Booker Prize, an