Klaske Hiemstra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Klaske Hiemstra

Dutch writer

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1954

Place of Birth: Vledder, Drenthe, Netherlands

Profession: writer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Klaske Hiemstra (born February 24, 1954 in Vledder, Netherlands) is a West Frisian-language writer. As a child of Frisian parents, Hiemstra grew up bilingual.
From the age of eight, she published in Dutch in the children's section of the Frisian newspaper Friese Koerier.
Studying Dutch language and literature at university, she chose modern West Frisian literature as her secondary specialisation. Hiemstra started to write in the West Frisian language in 1997, when she was asked to be a member of It Skriuwersboun, the Frisian writers' association.
Since 31 December 2009 she has been a columnist at the news site of the Ried fan de Fryske Beweging, the Council of the Frisian Movement.