Jessica Durlacher

Jessica Durlacher (born on September 6, 1961 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch literary criticist, columnist and novelist.

Her father is the sociologist and writer Gerhard Durlacher, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. She is married to novelist Leon de Winter and they have two children.^[1]

Jessica Durlacher writes book reviews and columns for several magazines, such as Vrij Nederland.

She made her debut as a novelist in 1997 with Het Geweten (The Conscience) and followed with De Dochter (The Daughter) in 2000. Both novels are about children of Holocaust survivors. Her third novel, Emoticon, was published in 2004. The story is set against the background of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her novels have been translated into German, Swedish, Russian and Italian.^[2]

In the fall of 2005 she was a co-professor, together with Johan Snapper and Leon de Winter, at Berkeley in the course Anne Frank and After about Dutch Holocaust literature and film and about recent religious and political developments in the Netherlands.^[3]

Bibliography

• Het geweten (1998) ^[1]
• De dochter (2000)
• Op scherp (2001)
• Nieuwbouw (2004)
• Emoticon (2004)
• Schrijvers! (2005)

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} nl:Jessica Durlacher [1]; accessed October 8, 2006
2. ^ Jessica Durlacher; accessed October 8, 2006
3. ^ Dutch Studies - Courses (Google cache); accessed October 8, 2006

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Name	Durlacher, Jessica
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Short description	Dutch literary critic and writer
Date of birth	September 6, 1961
Place of birth	Amsterdam
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