Renate Dorrestein

Renate Maria Dorrestein (25 January 1954 – 4 May 2018 ) was a Dutch writer, journalist and feminist. She started working as a junior journalist for the Dutch magazines Libelle and Panorama. During the period 1977 - 1982 she published in Het Parool, Viva, Onkruid and Opzij. Dorrestein published her first novel (Buitenstaanders) in 1983. Her sister's suicide had a great influence on her books. Dorrestein won the Annie Romein prize in 1993 for her complete body of work. A lot of Dorrestein's books were translated, and they were sold in 14 countries.

In September 2017 Dorrestein publicly announced that she was suffering from esophageal cancer. She died on 4 May 2018 at the age of 64. 1992 – Ontaarde moeders (translated into English as Unnatural mothers for the US) 1993 – Heden ik 1994 – Een sterke man 1996 – Verborgen gebreken (translated into English as Crying shame for the UK by Paula van der Oest) 1997 – Het Tiende Inzicht 1997 – Want dit is mijn lichaam ("Boekenweekgeschenk") 1998 – Een hart van steen (translated into English as A heart of stone for the US and the UK) 2016 – Zeven soorten honger 2017 – Reddende engel 2017 – Liever horen we onszelf (reissue of the audiobook from 2014, ) 2018 – Dagelijks werk - een schrijversleven ("literary autobiography" with various texts written by Dorrestein in the course of her life, some of them published before, with a newly added introduction for each. )