Fien Veldman (Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 1990) received the Joost Zwagerman Essay Prize in 2021 for his essay "Not really making it", about his childhood in a working-class neighborhood in Leeuwarden. In 2018 he won the Elise Mathilde Essay Prize for his essay "Borders, doors and eyes open". Xerox (Atlas Contact, 2023) is her first novel and has been translated into German (Hanser, 2024) and English (Head of Zeus/Bloomsbury, 2024).

_{"It was great to meet so many talented + original writers from around the world & share our work, thoughts and ideas. Thank you to everyone at the residency for such an amazing experience."-. Fien Veldman}

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