Adwin de Kluyver
Adwin de Kluyver (b. 1968) is a writer, historian and part-time islander who lives and works on Vlieland, Terschelling and the mainland. In 2016, he earned his PhD with a cultural history of polar travel. The diptych 'The Dreamed North' (2019) and 'No Man’s Land' (2021) received rave reviews and the latter was nominated for the Jan Wolkers Prize, the award for the best Dutch nature book. The translation rights of these last two books have been sold to Germany.
His previous work includes The Northern Dream: An Atlas, a narrative non-fiction book about the historical longing for northern regions. Upon publication, No Man’s Land: An Antarctic Voyage of Discovery met with immediate critical acclaim. This unique combination of travel story, essay, and cultural history was nominated for the Best Dutch Nature Book Award (Jan Wolkers Prize) and chosen by the national newspaper Trouw as one of the best books of 2019.
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No Man’s Land
In 'No Man’s Land', historian Adwin de Kluyver takes the reader on a captivating journey of discovery to the South Pole. With infectious storytelling pleasure and a good dose of creativity, he recounts how people have explored, depicted and made use of this cold continent over the centuries. To do so, De Kluyver brings to life a motley collection of historical characters: men, women and even the animals who have played a key role in creating our picture of Antarctica.
Islands of Good and Evil — A Journey of Discovery
Islands hold up a mirror to humankind and society in this thrilling exploration