Renate Dorrestein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Renate Dorrestein

Dutch author, journalist, feminist

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1954

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 04-May-2018

Profession: screenwriter, writer, journalist, novelist, feminist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Renate Maria Dorrestein (25 January 1954 – 4 May 2018) was a Dutch writer, journalist and feminist. She started working as a junior journalist for the Dutch magazines Libelle and Panorama.
During the period 1977 - 1982 she published in Het Parool, Viva, Onkruid and Opzij.
Dorrestein published her first novel (Buitenstaanders) in 1983.
Her sister's suicide had a great influence on her books.
Dorrestein won the Annie Romein prize in 1993 for her complete body of work.
A lot of Dorrestein's books were translated, and they were sold in 14 countries. In September 2017 Dorrestein publicly announced that she was suffering from esophageal cancer.
She died on 4 May 2018 at the age of 64.