Lucas Rijneveld

Lucas Rijneveld (b. 1991) is considered one of the greatest new talents in Dutch literature. In 2015, he debuted with the poetry collection 'Kalfsvlies' (Calf’s Caul), which was awarded the C. Buddingh’ Prize for best poetry debut and will soon be published in a Spanish translation.

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His second collection of poetry, Fantoommerrie (Phantomare), was published in 2019 and won the Ida Gerhardt Poetry Prize. Rijneveld’s debut novel The Discomfort of Evening (2018) garnered exceptional praise and went on to sell more than 160,000 copies. It was awarded the International Booker Prize 2020. Translations are due to appear in 37 countries.

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