Anneloes Timmerije

Anneloes Timmerije (b. 1955) is a journalist and author of literary and historical non-fiction. In 2005 she made her fiction debut with the short-story collection Zwartzuur (Black and Sour), which received the 2006 Vrouw & Kultuur Debuutprijs (Woman & Culture Debut Prize). This initial success was followed by her first novel, De grote Joseph (The Great Joseph, 2010), Slaapwandelen bij daglicht (Sleepwalking in Broad Daylight, 2013) and, together with Charles den Tex, Het vergeten verhaal van een onwankelbare liefde in oorlogstijd (2014), which was translated into English as Finding Her (World Editions, 2016).

$Het vergeten verhaal van een onwankelbare liefde in oorlogstijd$

Het vergeten verhaal van een onwankelbare liefde in oorlogstijd

(De Geus, 2014, 466 pagina's)

Following a tip from a friend and film producer, the authors found themselves on the trail of a love story set in the Dutch East Indies during an all but forgotten episode of World War II. Through the diaries of Guus and Lienke Hagers, the authors have reconstructed the dramatic tale of a couple torn apart by war.

De mannen van Maria

(Querido, 2019, 344 pagina's)

The protagonist of this novel, Maria van Aelst, really existed. We don’t know much about her, other than that she was married to Antonio van Diemen, Governor-General of the former Dutch East Indies between 1637 and 1645, that their marriage remained childless and that she died an extremely rich woman. Timmerije has largely filled in the details of Maria’s life herself and made her into a smart, headstrong woman.

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Anneloes Timmerije

Het vergeten verhaal van een onwankelbare liefde in oorlogstijd

De mannen van Maria

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