Simone Atangana Bekono

Simone Atangana Bekono (born 1991) is a Dutch author. Her debut novel Confrontations was published in 2020 and translated to English in 2024.[1]

Atangana Bekono studied creative writing at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem. In 2017, she published a poetry collection Hoe de eerste vonken waren zichtbaar (How the First Sparks Became Visible) for which in 2018 she received the Poetry Debut Award Aan Zee.[1][2]

She writes columns for the national newspaper, NRC, and for the Zomer Magazine of another national newspaper, de Volkskrant.[3]

On 1 November 2022, Atangana Bekono was appointed honorary fellow at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Verduin, Lodewijk (13 February 2024). "Hitting Back. 'Confrontations' by Simone Atangana Bekono". The Low Countries.
  2. ^ "Simone Atangana Bekono". Poetry International Web.
  3. ^ a b "Simone Atangana Bekono" (in Dutch). University of Amsterdam.
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