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Renate Dorrestein
Renate Dorrestein (in 2015)
Renate Dorrestein (in 2015)
Born (1954-01-25)25 January 1954
Amsterdam
Died 4 May 2018(2018-05-04) (aged 64)
Aerdenhout
Language Dutch
Period 1983–2017

Renate Maria Dorrestein (25 January 1954 – 4 May 2018) was a Dutch writer, journalist and feminist. She started working as a junior journalist for the Dutch magazines Libelle and Panorama. During the period 1977 - 1982 she published in Het Parool, Viva, Onkruid and Opzij. Dorrestein published her first novel (Buitenstaanders) in 1983. ..... Dorrestein won the Annie Romein prize in 1993 for her complete body of work. A lot of Dorrestein's books were translated, and they were sold in 14 countries.

In September 2017 Dorrestein publicly announced that she was suffering from esophageal cancer. She died on 4 May 2018 at the age of 64.

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