{"id":242211,"date":"2015-12-10T12:44:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T11:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vo.hollands-spoor.com\/schrijvers\/martin-michael-driessen\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T14:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:12:09","slug":"martin-michael-driessen","status":"publish","type":"oorschot_writer","link":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/en\/writers\/martin-michael-driessen\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Michael Driessen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Michael Driessen (1954) is opera- en toneelregisseur, vertaler en schrijver. Hij debuteerde in 1999 met de roman <em>Gars<\/em>. In 2012 volgde <em>Vader van God<\/em> en in 2013 <em>Een ware held<\/em>, alle door de pers bejubeld en voor literaire prijzen genomineerd.\u00a0 In 2015 verscheen de omvangrijke roman <em>Lizzie<\/em>, geschreven in samenwerking met de dichteres Liesbeth Lagemaat. Een jaar later verscheen zijn verhalenbundel <em>Rivieren<\/em>, die op de shortlist van de Fintro Literatuurprijs stond en die de ECI-literatuurprijs \u00e9n ECI-lezersprijs won. Met zijn roman <em>De pelikaan<\/em> stond hij op de shortlist van de Libris Literatuur Prijs 2018. In oktober 2018 verscheen zijn recentste verhalenbundel <em>Mijn eerste moord en andere verhalen<\/em>. Daarna volgden de novelle <em>Het licht aan het einde van de loop<\/em> (2022) en de roman <em>Liefde in het Derde Rijk<\/em> (2025).<\/p>\n<p>Zijn werk is vertaald in het Engels, Italiaans, Duits, Hongaars en vele andere talen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Michael Driessen (1954) is opera- en toneelregisseur, vertaler en schrijver. Hij debuteerde in 1999 met de roman Gars. 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