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42 Dutch Books You Need To Read This Summer (2022)
Why not read a book by a Dutch or Flemish author? Here you will find a selection of books that recently have been translated into English, most of them with the support of the Dutch Foundation for Literature or Flanders Literature. You’ll find more translated literature in this database.
FICTION
Grand Hotel Europa
Author: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Translator: Michele Hutchison
Publisher: Fourth Estate UK/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original title: Grand Hotel Europa (De Arbeiderspers, 2018)
Echo
Author: Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Translator: Moshe Gilula
Publisher: Nightfire Books/Hodder and Stoughton
Original title: Echo (Luitingh-Sijthoff, 2019)
The Homecoming
Author: Anna Enquist
Translator: Eileen J. Stevens
Publisher: Amazon Crossing
Original title: De thuiskomst (De Arbeiderspers, 2005)
A Guardian Angel Recalls
Author: Willem Frederik Hermans
Translator: David Colmer
Publisher: Archipelago Books/Pushkin Press
Original title: Herinneringen van een engelbewaarder (De Bezig Bij, 1971)
read our profile on Willem Frederik Hermans
The Scorpion’s Head
Author: Hilde Vandermeeren
Translator: Laura Watkinson
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Original title: Scorpio (Uitgeverij Q, 2016)
Love, If That's What It Is
Author: Marijke Schermer
Translator: Hester Velmans
Publisher: WorldEditions
Original title: Liefde, als dat het is (Van Oorschot, 2019)
The Opposite of a Person
Author: Lieke Marsman
Translator: Sophie Collins
Publisher: Daunt Books
Original title: Het tegenovergestelde van een mens (Atlas Contact, 2017)
A Sea of Flames
Author: Walter Lucius
Translator: Laura Vroomen, Lorraine T. Miller
Publisher: Penguin Michael Joseph
Original title: De stad en het vuur (Luitingh-Sijthoff, 2019)
The Long Song of Tchaikovsky Street
Author: Pieter Waterdrinker
Translator: Paul Evans
Publisher: London Scribe
Original title: Tsjaikovskistraat 40 (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 2017)
Bold Ventures
Author: Charlotte Van den Broeck
Translator: David McKay
Publisher: Chatto & Windus/Other Press
Original title: Waagstukken (De Arbeiderspers, 2019)
POETRY
Habitus
Author: Radna Fabias
Translator: David Colmer
Publisher: Deep Vellum
Original title: Habitus (De Arbeiderspers, 2018)
The Essential Gorter 2. Selected Poems
Author: Herman Gorter
Translator: Lloyd Haft
Publisher: Arimei Books
read more about the life and work of Herman Gorter
Leaving. A Poem from the Time of the Virus
Author: Cees Nooteboom
Illustrator: Max Neumann
Translator: David Colmer
Publisher: Seagull Books
Original title: Afscheid (Koppernik, 2020)
read more about the life and work of Cees Nooteboom
Words Are the Worst. Selected Poems
Author: Erik Lindner
Translator: Francis R. Jones
Publisher: Signal Editions
The Collected Poems, Volume 3
Author: Lucebert
Translator: Diane Butterman
Publisher: Green Integer
Island Mountain Glacier
Author: Anne Vegter
Translator: Astrid Alben
Publisher: Prototype Publishing
Original title: Eiland berg gletsjer (Querido, 2011)
Rinkeldekinkel. An Anthology of Dutch Poetry
Edited by Rob Schouten
Diverse translators
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
The Dutch Riveter. Writing from The Netherlands
Diverse authors
Diverse translators
Publisher: The Riveter
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Biography of a Fly
Author: Jaap Robben
Illustrator: Paul Faasen
Translator: David Doherty
Publisher: WorldEditions
Original title: Biografie van een vlieg (Uitgeverij Loopvis, 2021)
read our profile on Jaap Robben
Days of Sand
Author & illustrator: Aimée de Jongh
Translator: Christopher Bradley
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
Original title: Dagen van zand (Scratch!, 2021)
read our profile on Aimée de Jongh
Canciones
Author: Federico García Lorca
Illustrator: Tobias Tak
Translator: Tobias Tak
Publisher: NBM Publishing
Original title: Canciones (Scratch!, 2017)
CHILDREN'S & YOUTH LITERATURE
The Three Princes of Serendip
Author: Rodaan Al Galidi
Illustrator: Geertje Aalders
Translator: Laura Watkinson
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Original title: Arabische sprookjes (Gottmer, 2017)
The King of the Copper Mountains
Author: Paul Biegel
Translator: Gillian Hume, Paul Biegel
Illustrator: Sally J. Collins
Publisher: Pushkin Children’s Books
Original title: Het sleutelkruid (Holland, 1964)
You Are the Loveliest
Author: Hans & Monique Hagen
Illustrator: Marit Törnqvist
Translator: David Colmer
Publisher: Levine Querido
Original title: Jij bent de liefste (Querido, 2000)
The Riddle of the Sea
Author: Jonne Kramer
Illustrator: Karl J. Mountford
Translator: Laura Watkinson
Publisher: Bonnier Books
Original title: Het raadsel van de zee (Billly Bones, 2019)
Where Is Everyone?
Author & illustrator: Tom Schamp
Translator: Michele Hutchison
Publisher: Prestel
Original title: Waar is iedereen? (Lannoo, 2020)
Inside In
Author: Jan Paul Schutten
Illustrator: Arie van ’t Riet (photo)
Translator: Laura Watkinson
Publisher: Greystone Books
Original title: Binnenstebuiten (Gottmer, 2017)
No One Is Angry Today
Author: Toon Tellegen
Illustrator: Marc Boutavant
Translator: David Colmer
Publisher: Gecko Press
read more about the work of Toon Tellegen
I’ll Keep You Close
Author: Jeska Verstegen
Translator: Bill Nagelkerke
Publisher: Levine Querido
Original title: Ik zal je bewaren (Querido, 2020)
Robbie's Little Red Tractor
Author & illustrator: Harmen van Straaten
Translator: Laura Watkinson
Publisher: Red Robin Books
Original title: Ik heb lekker een hele grote trekker (Leopold, 2020)
NONFICTION
533 Days
Author: Cees Nooteboom
Illustrator: Simone Sassen (photo)
Translator: Laura Watkinson
Publisher: MacLehose Press
Original title: 533 (De Bezige Bij, 2016)
Looking for the Enemy
Author: Bette Dam
Translator: Clare Wilkinson
Publisher: Harper Collins
Original title: Op zoek naar de vijand (De Bezige Bij, 2019)
Djinn
Author: Tofik Dibi
Translator: Nicolaas P. Barr
Publisher: Suny Press
Original title: Djinn (Prometheus, 2015)
The House of Orange in Revolution and War
Author: Jeroen Koch, Dik van der Meulen & Jeroen van Zanten
Translator: Andy Brown
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Original title: Oranje in revolutie & oorlog (Boom, 2018)
We Slaves of Suriname
Author: Anton de Kom
Translator: David McKay
Publisher: Polity
Original title: Wij slaven van Suriname (Contact, 1934)
The Last Survivor
Author: Frank Krake
Translator: Haico Kaashoek
Publisher: Seven Dials
Original title: De laatste getuige (Achtbaan, 2020)
Pandemonium
Author: Luuk van Middelaar
Translator: Liz Waters
Publisher: Agenda Publishing
Original title: Het Europees Pandemonium (Historische Uitgeverij, 2020)
There’s a War Going On but No One Can See It
Author: Huib Modderkolk
Translator: Elizabeth Manton
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Original title: Het is oorlog maar niemand die het ziet (Podium, 2019)
The Cigar Factory of Isay Rottenberg
Author: Hella & Sandra Rottenberg
Translator: Jonathan Reeder
Publisher: Wilfried Laurier University Press
Original title: De sigarenfabriek van Isay Rottenberg (Atlas Contact, 2017)
How to Know Everything
Author: Elke Wiss
Translator: David Doherty
Publisher: Arrow Books
Original title: Socrates op sneakers (Ambo | Anthos, 2020)
The Burgundians
Author: Bart Van Loo
Translator: Nancy Forest-Flier
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Original title: De Bourgondiërs (De Bezige Bij, 2019)
Blues for the White Man
Author: Fred de Vries
Publisher: Random House
Original title: Wiegelied voor de witte man (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 2019)
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