Simone Atangana Bekono (born 1991) is a Dutch author. Her debut novel ''Confrontations'' was published in 2020 and translated to English in 2024. Atangana Bekono studied creative writing at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in

Arnhem Arnhem ( ; ; Central Dutch dialects, Ernems: ''Èrnem'') is a Cities of the Netherlands, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border. It is the capita ...

. 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. She writes columns for the national newspaper, NRC, and for the Zomer Magazine of another national newspaper,

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. On 1 November 2022, Atangana Bekono was appointed honorary fellow at the Faculty of Humanities of 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 ...

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