In 2011 Vrouwkje Tuinman* (1974) published her fourth poetry collection: Wat ik met sleutel moet. Since 2004 she wrote Receptie and Vitrine, and the novels Grote acht and Buurvrouw. Together with photographer Andrea Stultiens she made the book/exhibition Intensive care, which is published in Dutch and English.

Vrouwkje performs regularly at festivals and literary events in the Netherlands and abroad. Furthermore, she writes articles, columns and reviews for several newspapers and magazines and clients in the music world. She acts as moderator / presenter and teaches poetry and prose writing. Vrouwkje wrote lyrics for several musical theater pieces. Recently her audiobook Winterslaap was published in several languages at www.radioboeken.eu.

In the past years, Vrouwkje received the Hollands Maandblad Poetry Exchange 2003/2004 and was nominated for the BNG Nieuwe Literatuur Prijs, the Libra Writers Prize and the Selexyz Prijs. In 2005 she received the C. C. S. Crone stipend from the city of Utrecht. In December 2010 Vrouwkje was awarded the Halewijnprijs.

Currently Vrouwkje is working on a third novel. With pianist Jeroen van Veen she is working on a series of concerts and CDs. In September 2010, the German edition of Buurvrouw, Nachbarin, was published. In January 2011, Vrouwkjes new collection of poems, Wat ik met de sleutel moet, came out.

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*Pronounciation: vrɑukjə tœynmɑn

NEWS: My story Egg Boxes is included in this nice anthology, published by Flipped Eye, made possible by the Arts Council of England