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Marjolijn van Heemstra

Born 1981 · Netherlands

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Libris 2018 · Shortlist

    In Search of a Name

    En we noemen hem

    Marjolijn van Heemstra · 36 when first published

    Novel · 208 pages · Autofiction, Family, War

    AI-generated summary:At eighteen Marjolijn promised to name her first son after a great-uncle the family calls a resistance hero; pregnant years later, she sets out to learn who he really was.