Maria Barnas

Maria Barnas (born 28 August 1973, Hoorn) is a Dutch writer, poet and artist.^{[1] [2]}

Life

She has written for theatre and has written a libretto for a chamber music piece called ‘The Piano Lake’. Barnas writes articles on art and poetry for newspaper NRC Handelsblad. Her art has been shown at Fons Welters (Amsterdam),^[3] Galerie du Jour (Paris), and Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam).^[4]

She collaborated with Yotam Haber, a resident at the American Academy in Rome, on The Stendal Project.^[5]

Awards

• 2003 C. Buddingh’ Prize, for Twee zonnen^[6]

Works

Novels

• Engelen van (Ice Angels) (1997)
• De baadster (The bather) (2000)

Poetry

• Twee zonnen (Two Suns) (De Arbeiderspers, 2003) which was awarded the Dutch prize for the best poetry
• Er staat een stad op (A City Rises), De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam 2007.

References

1. ^ http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=barn004
2. ^ http://www.winternachten.nl/winternachten/deelnemerpagina.php?deelnemer_id=0638&editie=10045&taal=engels
3. ^ http://www.fonswelters.nl/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id_exhibition=37
4. ^ http://www.smba.nl/en/reviews/
5. ^ http://www.sof-aarome.org/indexes/index08.pdf
6. ^ http://netherlands.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=11307

External links

• Author's website

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