Three Short Stories

Bert Bakker made his debut in the Dutch literary magazine Hollands Maandblad ('Waar gebeurd', 1990). He has had his work published in the Frisian literary magazines Hjir and Farsk. In 2008, he won the second shared El Hijzra literature award (van Gennep, 2008).The first story 'A ship's berth' was nominated for the 2007 Brandende Pen, a Dutch prize awarded by Lava for the best short story in the Netherlands (Lava 13.3). It has been translated into Frisian and appeared in his first...
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Bert Bakker made his debut in the Dutch literary magazine Hollands Maandblad ('Waar gebeurd', 1990). He has had his work published in the Frisian literary magazines Hjir and Farsk. In 2008, he won the second shared El Hijzra literature award (van Gennep, 2008).The first story 'A ship's berth' was nominated for the 2007 Brandende Pen, a Dutch prize awarded by Lava for the best short story in the Netherlands (Lava 13.3). It has been translated into Frisian and appeared in his first collection of stories, 'Ien mei de dingen' (Noordboek, Friese Uitgeverij, 2009). In 2011 Bert Bakker was traveling thoughIndonesia: 'The sun also sets here', the second story.The last story 'Warm Shit' is one in a serial consisting of 17 instalments. The serial 'Ien mei de dingen' (first 12 instalments) was published in 2009 by Noordboek, and also by www.mijnbestseller.nl Title: 'E#65533;n met de dingen'. Bert Bakker is now working on adapting the serial to a novel and a movie screenplay. Working title: 'Alles wordt nieuw' ('Everything is new'). He was currently working on his novel, The publisher.See: http://www.yourpageturner.eu See also: http://www.mijnbestseller.nl/bertbakker and http://www.bertbakker.biz