Tim Krabbé

Tim Krabbé (born April 13, 1943) is a Dutch journalist and novelist.

Krabbé was born in Amsterdam. His writing has appeared in most major periodicals in the Netherlands. He is known to Dutch readers for his novel "De Renner" ("The Rider"), first published in 1978. English readers know him primarily for "The Vanishing", the translation of his 1984 novel "Het Gouden Ei" ("The Golden Egg"), which was made into an acclaimed 1988 Dutch film (Krabbé wrote the script). An American remake was made in 1993, The Vanishing.

Also a former championship chess player, Krabbé is renowned for his writings on the subject and maintains a chess website. Krabbé once authored a chess puzzle which featured a rook castling vertically (see joke chess problem), before this move was specifically disallowed. His FIDE rating is 2274. [http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1000969] .

He is the brother of actor Jeroen Krabbé, and the uncle of Martijn Krabbé, a Dutch media personality.

External links

* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/ Tim Krabbé's website] nl icon
* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/chess.html Chess Curiosities] , the part of his website devoted to chess
* FIDE rating card for [http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1000969 Tim Krabbé]
* [http://www.erikweijers.nl/pages/translations/literature/krabbes-random-word.php Krabbé's random word] Article on the random word that is invented in "The Rider": Battoowoo Greekgreek