Gerda Blees

Gerda Blees
Born1985 (age 38–39)
LanguageDutch
Alma materGerrit Rietveld Academie
Genre
  • Novel
  • short story
  • poem
Notable awardsEU Prize for Literature
2021 Wij zijn licht

Gerda Blees (born 1985) is a Dutch writer. She published her first book in 2017, a short story collection titled Aan doodgaan dachten we niet (We Didn’t Think About Dying). In 2018, she published her first volume of poetry, Dwaallichten (Wandering Lights).[1]

Blees won the European Union Prize for Literature in 2021 for her debut novel WIJ ZIJN LICHT (WE ARE LIGHT).[2]

She studied fine arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, and now lives in Haarlem.

  1. ^ "Author - Gerda Blees - Letterenfonds".
  2. ^ "Gerda Blees | EU Prize for Literature". Archived from the original on 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-06-15.