Noraly Beyer (; born 20 July 1946) is a Dutch former presenter. From 1983 to 2008, she was a

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. Beyer was a news presenter of the Dutch public news broadcaster

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from 1985 to 2008.

Career

Beyer lived in the Netherlands and she went to a

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(''internaat'') in

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. She also attended the ''Kweekschool voor onderwijzers'' in

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. Several years later, Beyer worked for the television network STVS in

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. She moved back to the Netherlands in 1982 after the

December murders The December murders (Dutch: ''Decembermoorden'') were the murders on 7, 8, and 9 December 1982, of fifteen prominent young Surinamese men who had criticized the military dictatorship then ruling Suriname. Thirteen of these men were arrested on De ...

. Beyer received the Cosmic Award in 2009 for her contributions to diversity in media. She received the award from mayor of Amsterdam

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. In 2011, she was decorated Officer in the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau () is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has performed acts of special merits for ...

. In 2016, Beyer became the jury chairwoman for the

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, an annual Dutch literary award for the best children's book of the preceding year. She was the narrator in the 2018 edition of '' The Passion'', a Dutch

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held every

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since 2011. In 2020, she interviewed multiple people about the 1982 December murders in the documentary ''Het is geen verleden - 08 12 1982'' directed by Ida Does. Beyer was a jury member for ''De Grote Poëzieprijs'' in 2020, a poetry award first awarded in 2019. Beyer was the jury chairwoman for the 2024

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literary award.

Personal life

Beyer was born in

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, Curaçao to

se parents. Her father died when she was 11 years old. She is in a relationship with Dutch actor, presenter and singer

Joost Prinsen Joseph Jules Thomas Prinsen (born June 9, 1942) is a Dutch actor, television presenter, singer and writer. He performed in the popular Dutch television programmes '' De stratemakeropzeeshow'', ''Het Klokhuis'', and ''De Zevensprong'', and he also ...

. They announced their relationship in 2021. In 2023, they both appeared as couple in an episode of the television series ''Nood''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beyer, Noraly 1946 births Living people People from Willemstad Dutch television presenters Dutch television news presenters Dutch radio presenters Dutch women radio presenters Dutch journalists Dutch radio journalists Dutch women journalists Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau 20th-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch people

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