Michaël Henricus Gertrudis (Michiel) van Kempen (born 4 April 1957)
is a Dutch writer, art historian and literary critic. He has written
novels, short stories, essays, travel literature and scenarios. He was
the compiler of a huge range of anthologies of Dutch-Caribbean
literature (Suriname, Netherlands Antilles) and wrote an extensive
history of the literature of Suriname, in two volumes.[1][2]Van Kempen
was born in Oirschot. After attending high school in Eindhoven, he
studied Dutch at the University of Nijmegen; on 5 June 2002 he got his
Ph.D. at the University of Amsterdam with the five volumed Een
geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur (A History of Surinamese
Literature), published in two volumes in 2003. In 1400 pages it tells
the history of oral and written literatures of Suriname.For some years
Van Kempen was teaching Dutch in Nijmegen (1980-1982) and Paramaribo,
the capital of Surinam (1983-1987). In Suriname he also worked as a
teacher in literary criticism and creative writing at the Academie
voor Hoger Kunst- en Cultuuronderwijs, as well as coordinator of the
Literature Section of the Ministry of Education and Culture.From 1991
through 1995 he was coordinating the Suriname-project of the
University Library of Amsterdam (resulting in the Suriname-catalogue,
containing some 8000 entries) and from 1994 thru 1998 as a scientific
researcher at the University of Amsterdam. As a lecturer and visiting
professor he taught at universities around the world. As an advisor he
worked for festivals, publishing houses and research fundings.
is a Dutch writer, art historian and literary critic. He has written
novels, short stories, essays, travel literature and scenarios. He was
the compiler of a huge range of anthologies of Dutch-Caribbean
literature (Suriname, Netherlands Antilles) and wrote an extensive
history of the literature of Suriname, in two volumes.[1][2]Van Kempen
was born in Oirschot. After attending high school in Eindhoven, he
studied Dutch at the University of Nijmegen; on 5 June 2002 he got his
Ph.D. at the University of Amsterdam with the five volumed Een
geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur (A History of Surinamese
Literature), published in two volumes in 2003. In 1400 pages it tells
the history of oral and written literatures of Suriname.For some years
Van Kempen was teaching Dutch in Nijmegen (1980-1982) and Paramaribo,
the capital of Surinam (1983-1987). In Suriname he also worked as a
teacher in literary criticism and creative writing at the Academie
voor Hoger Kunst- en Cultuuronderwijs, as well as coordinator of the
Literature Section of the Ministry of Education and Culture.From 1991
through 1995 he was coordinating the Suriname-project of the
University Library of Amsterdam (resulting in the Suriname-catalogue,
containing some 8000 entries) and from 1994 thru 1998 as a scientific
researcher at the University of Amsterdam. As a lecturer and visiting
professor he taught at universities around the world. As an advisor he
worked for festivals, publishing houses and research fundings.
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