Doeschka Meijsing

1947 - 2012

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: novel, poetry

country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands

native language: Dutch

languages spoken, written or signed: Dutch

occupation: writer, journalist, novelist

award received: Multatuli Award, Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize, Opzij Literature prize, Tzum-prize, AKO Literatuurprijs (period 1987-1996)

Maria Johanna Meijsing (21 October 1947 – 30 January 2012) was a Dutch novelist. She won the AKO Literatuurprijs in 2000 for her novel De tweede man, and in 2008 the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for her novel Over de liefde. Doeschka Meijsing is the older sister of writer Geerten Meijsing and philosopher Monica Meijsing. Source: Wikipedia (en)