Maarten van de Graaff reads
Maarten van de Graaff (1987) is a writer and poet. He made his debut in 2013 with the collection Vluchtautogedichten and received the C. Buddingh’ Prize. His second collection, Dood werk, was published in 2015 and was awarded the J.C. Bloem Poetry Prize. Wormen en engelen, his debut novel from 2017, was very well received and nominated for the Anton Wachter Prize. In 2020, Nederland in stukken was published, followed in 2025 by his fifth poetry collection, Huishoudboekje van de verborgen dingen. Van der Graaff is co-founder and editor of the online literary magazine Samplekanon.

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