Karin Amatmoekrim (b. 1976) is a writer and literary scholar.
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Karin Amatmoekrim
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She has previously published seven books, including the much-discussed Het gym (2011) and the historical novel De man van veel (2013) about the life of resistance hero Anton de Kom. The documentary Gulsah Dogan made about the memoir Tenzij de vader (2016) was nominated for a Dutch film award, a Golden Calf.
Amatmoekrim obtained her PhD from Leiden University with a dissertation in the form of a biography on essayist Anil Ramdas, published as a public edition under the title In wat voor land leef ik eigenlijk? Anil Ramdas – onmogelijk kosmopoliet (2023). For this book, she received the Dutch Biography Prize (2024). She is a regular columnist for NRC Handelsblad and regularly writes critical essays on post-colonial reality for De Correspondent.
