Michiel Van Kempen

Michiel Van Kempen

Michaƫl Henricus Gertrudis (Michiel) van Kempen (born April 4, 1957) is a Dutch writer, art historian and literary critic. He has written novels, short stories, essays, travel literature and scenarios. He was the compiler of a huge range of anthologies of Dutch-Caribbean literature (Suriname, Netherlands Antilles) and wrote an extensive history of the literature of Suriname, in two volumes.

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