Maria Barnas (born 28 August 1973,

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Awards

* 2004 C. Buddingh'-prijs voor nieuwe Nederlandstalige poëzie' for 'Two Suns' ('Twee zonnen, 2003 De Arbeiderspers) website Poetry International
/ref> * 2009 J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs for 'A City Rises' (Er staat een stad op, 2007 De Arbeiderspers) * 2014 Nomination for VSB Poetry Prize for 'Yeah Right The Big Bang' (Jaja de oerknal, 2013 De Arbeiderspers) * 2014 Anna Bijns Poetry Prize for Jaja de oerknal * 2019 Nomination for VSB Poetry Prize for Jaja de oerknal

Works

Novels

* ''Engelen van (Ice Angels)'' (1997) * ''De baadster (The bather)'' (2000) * ''Altijd Augustus (August Always) (2017)

Poetry

* ''Twee zonnen (Two Suns)'' (

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, 2003) * ''Er staat een stad op (A City Rises)'', De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam 2007. * ''Jaja de oerknal (Yeah right the Big Bang)'', De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam 2013, * ''Nachtboot (Night Boat)'', Van Oorschot, 2018, nominated for the VSB Poetry Prize 2019

Essays

* ''Fantastisch (On Fantasy)'', De Arbeiderspers, 2010, collected news paper articles for NRC Handelsblad

References

External links

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Website of her gallery with CV
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnas, Maria 1973 births Living people 21st-century Dutch novelists Dutch women poets Dutch women novelists People from Hoorn 21st-century Dutch women artists 21st-century Dutch women writers 21st-century Dutch poets C. Buddingh' Prize winners