Gaston Dorren is a Dutch language expert, journalist, and writer. He was born in

Valkenburg aan de Geul Valkenburg aan de Geul (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the southeastern Dutch Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. The name refers to the central town in the municipality, ...

, Netherlands and currently resides in

Amersfoort Amersfoort () is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht, Netherlands. As of 31 January 2023, the municipality had ...

, Netherlands with his wife Marleen Bekker. Dorren is a

polyglot Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. When the languages are just two, it is usually called bilingualism. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolin ...

who is able to speak six different languages and read nine more. Dorren has achieved a modicum of international success, with ''Lingo'' being published in 12 different languages and ''Babel'' in 15. He also developed an app called ''The Language Lovers Guide to Europe'', but it is no longer available. Dorren wrote his most recent work, ''Babel'', entirely in both English and Dutch himself. The book was awarded the Dutch Language Book Prize 2019 by the language magazine ''Onze Taal'' and the Belgian-Dutch cultural association ANV. His works have received positive reviews from publications such as

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, and

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Bibliography

This bibliography only covers the books that have been written by Dorren, not the abundance of articles for various blogs, websites and magazines throughout Europe.

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Language Writer
1965 births Living people 20th-century Dutch male writers 20th-century Dutch journalists 21st-century Dutch male writers 21st-century Dutch journalists People from Valkenburg aan de Geul People from Amersfoort {{Netherlands-writer-stub