Maria van Daalen (born 8 July 1950) is a Dutch poet and writer. Maria van Daalen is a pseudonym of Maria Machelina de Rooij.[1]

She was born in Voorburg and studied at the VU University Amsterdam[1] and at the University of Iowa, where she also took part in the International Writing Program.[2] She has taught at the Schrijversvakschool in Amsterdam.[3]

She is also an expert on the subject of Vodou and, in 2007, was initiated as a Mambo Asogwe in Haiti. She was an advisor for an exhibit of Vodou art objects at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam.[3]

Van Daalen published her first poetry collection Raveslag (The Beat of the Raven’s Wing) in 1987; it was shortlisted for the C. Buddingh' Prize. Translations of her poems have appeared in various publications in English, Romanian, Finnish, German, Italian, French, Persian and Frisian.[3]

Selected works[3]

  • Het Hotel (The Hotel), poetry (1994)
  • Elektron, muon, tau (Electron, Muon, Tau), poetry (2000)
  • De zwarte engel (The Black Angel), prose (2005)
  • De wet van behoud van energie (The Law of Conservation of Energy), poetry (2007)

References

  1. 1 2 "Daalen, Maria van". Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren.
  2. ↑ "Maria van Daalen". University of Iowa.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Maria van Daalen". Poetry International Rotterdam.


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