Cristian Crusat Schretzmeijer (born 1983,

Marbella Marbella ( , , ) is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the re ...

) is a Spanish-Dutch writer. His father was Spanish and his mother Dutch. He studied literature at the

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of Madrid and

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at the

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of Santander and the

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. He completed his doctorate in

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at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlan ...

. His books include: * ''Estatuas'' (Pre-Textos, 2006) * ''Tranquilos en tiempo de guerra'' (Pre-Textos, 2010) * ''Breve teoría del viaje y el desierto'' (Pre-Textos, 2011). He has translated the writings of

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. He won the

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for ''Breve teoría del viaje y el desierto''.Profile
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1983 births Living people Spanish novelists Spanish male novelists Spanish translators 21st-century Dutch novelists University of Amsterdam alumni People from Marbella Dutch male novelists 21st-century Dutch male writers 21st-century Dutch translators Complutense University of Madrid alumni {{spain-writer-stub