Tijs Goldschmidt
Tijs Goldschmidt (b. 1953) is a writer and essayist, with a background in evolutionary biology. His most famous book, 'Darwin’s Dreampond' (1994) was shortlisted for the AKO Literature Prize and was awarded the prestigious Science Prize from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research. It was translated into Chinese, German, English, French, Italian, Japanese and Polish. The New York Times called it ‘both unusual and eminently readable’.
Wolves On the Bridlepath (2022) is the winner of the Jan Wolkers Prize for Nature Writing and the P.C. Hooft Oeuvre Prize.
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Darwin’s Dreampond
‘This is not a book about a scientist who travels through Africa,’ comments Tijs Goldschmidt. ‘Evolution in Real Time' would be a better subtitle, because that is what the book is about: watching evolution take place.’
Wolves On the Bridlepath - On People and Other Pack Animals
Winner of the Jan Wolkers Prize for Nature Writing and the P.C. Hooft Oeuvre Prize