- Tim Krabbé
Tim Krabbé (born
April 13 ,1943 ) is a Dutchjournalist andnovelist .Krabbé was born in
Amsterdam . His writing has appeared in most major periodicals in theNetherlands . 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 rookcastling vertically (seejoke chess problem ), before this move was specifically disallowed. HisFIDE 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 tochess
*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
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