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Sander Bax (1977) is a PhD student working at Tilburg University (Faculty of Arts).
His dissertation tackles the problem of literary historiography and postmodernity.-
His main objects are poetics, prose and poetry of Dutch writers who published in---
the seventies; Bax tries to determine whether these writers can be labelled as-----
postmodernists. He has published essays and articles in magazines like 'Vooys',----
'Literatuur' and 'Nederlandse letterkunde'.----------------------------------------
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Marianne van den Boomen studied psychology and political sciences and has been-----
working for years as editor, journalist and web master for the weekly opinion------
magazine 'De Groene Amsterdammer'. She wrote two essayistic-journalistic books-----
about her main passion - the Internet: 'Internet ABC voor vrouwen' ('Internet ABC--
for women') in 1995 and 'Leven op het Net: de sociale betekenis van virtuele-------
gemeenschappen' ('Living on the Net: the social meaning of virtual communities')---
in 2000. Since 2003 her job as a teacher-researcher at the Institute of Media and--
Re/presentation enables her to work on her PhD, a philosophical inquiry into the---
ontology of the Internet.----------------------------------------------------------
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Tsead Bruinja (1974) made his debut in 2000 with the Frisian collection of poems--
'De wizers yn it read/ De wijzers in het rood' ('The meters in the red', Bornmeer).
His Dutch debut, 'Dat het zo hoorde' ('The way it should be', Contact) was---------
nominated for the Jo Peters-poëzieprijs. At the end of 2004 his second (Dutch)-----
volume of poems, 'Batterij' ('Battery') appeared followed by the anthology---------
'Droom in blauwe regenjas - Nieuwe Friese dichters' ('Dream in a Blue Raincoat-----
New Frisian Poets', eds. Bruinja and Hein Jaap Hilarides. Contact & Bornmeer).-----
Besides poet and performer, Bruinja is staff member of the internetpage------------
Boeken.vpro.nl.--------------------------------------------------------------------
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Chris Keulemans (1960) is writer and journalist and publishes on a regular basis---
in newspapers, newsmagazines and literary magazines like de Volkskrant,------------
Vrij Nederland and De Gids. In 1992 he made his debut, 'Overal om me heen is-------
ruimte', ('There is space all around me', Van Gennep) followed by 'Een korte-------
wandeling in de heuvels' ('A short walk in the hills') in 1994 and 'Van de zomer---
naar de werkelijkheid' ('From summer to reality'. De Balie) in 1997.---------------
His latest project, the multimedia novel 'De Amerikaan die ik nooit geweest ben'---
('The American I never was') appeared in 2004. The website of Keulemans and--------
Submarine [www.deamerikaan.nl] forms a whole with this novel, a DVD and a----------
radio-documentary.-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Evert Jan van Leeuwen (1973) studied English language and literature at Leiden-----
University. He is currently a PhD candidate at Leiden, hoping to complete his------
dissertation, titled "Anarchic Alchemists: Dissident Androgyny in Anglo-American---
Gothic Fiction, 1798-1860," by the end of the summer. He has studied at Stirling---
University, Scotland, completing the M. Phil. in the Gothic Imagination with-------
a dissertation on the Gothic novels of William Godwin.-----------------------------
His further research interests are nineteenth-century popular genres---------------
(the gothic, science fiction and horror), especially in the context of utopianism--
and social reform.-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Vincent Meelberg (1972) studied Light Music (contrabas) and Classical Music Theory-
at the Rotterdam Conservatorium, as well as Musicology at the Universiteit Utrecht.
His original ambitions were to become a composer, but after finishing his studies,-
he quickly realized that he preferred to pursue a career in the academic field.----
He is currently working on a PhD project, that tackles the problem of narrative----
elements in contemporary art music.------------------------------------------------
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Tjitske Mussche (1982) studies Dutch Language and Literature at the University-----
of Amsterdam. Previously she was editor of literary evenings at Literary-----------
Organisation Perdu in Amsterdam. From januari to july 2005 she studied in----------
Stellenbosch - South Africa and focuses on South-African poetry.-------------------
She also finds the backsides of South-African elefants exceedingly interesting.----
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Kristin Rogghe is a student of philosophy at the Higher Institute for Philosophy---
of the Catholic University of Leuven. Besides several articles in the Poëziekrant--
she also published a volume of poetry op de grasgrens (at the grassborder,---------
Bakermat 2000). Furthermore she works in the editorial staff and presentation of---
the cultural programme 'A Propos' of the independent Radio Scorpio in Leuven.------
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Alfred Schaffer (1973) studied Modern Dutch Literature and Film and Theatre at the-
University of Leiden, before moving to South Africa in 1996. He currently works----
at publishing house Cossee in Amsterdam. In 2000 his debut 'Zijn opkomst in de-----
voorstad' ('His rise in the outskirts') appeared and he was nominated for the------
C. Buddingh'-prijs and granted the first Jo Peters-poëzieprijs.--------------------
His second volume of poems, 'Dwaalgasten' ('Wanderers', 2002), was nominated for---
the VSB Poëzieprijs. In 2003 the volume of poems 'Definities en hallucinaties'-----
('Definitions and hallucinations', with artwork by Judith Veldhoen) at-------------
Publishing House Perdu. His latest poetry, 'Geen hand voor ogen' ('Nothing in------
sight') appeared in spring 2004 and was nominated for the VSB Poëzieprijs.---------
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Thomas Vaessens took his doctoral degree in 1998 on a dissertation entitled--------
'Nijhoff, Van Ostaijen en de mentaliteit van het modernisme' ('Nijhoff,------------
Van Ostaijen and the mentality of modernism'). He teaches the newest Dutch---------
literature in European perspective at the University of Amsterdam. He published----
books on modernism, Lucebert and postmodernism. Currently he is working on a book--
on recent changes in and around poetry entitled 'Ongerijmd succes. Dichter en------
dichten in postmodern Nederland' ('Absurd success. Poets and poetry writing in-----
the postmodern Netherlands', will appear in 2006).---------------------------------
[http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/t.l.vaessens]---------------------------------------
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Margriet van der Waal (1976) is currently completing her PhD studies at the--------
University of Groningen. In her dissertation on the South African literary field---
she investigates the influence of political change on the South African literary---
field, with specific reference to literature education and literary history -------
writing from a Bourdieuian field perspective. She has published some articles on---
South African literature and literary culture in journals such as Frame.-----------
Her research interests include literary sociology and investigating aspects of-----
cultural identity and cultural change.---------------------------------------------
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