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"The nicest book I’ve laid hands on this year."
Wim Brands on Dutch national radio ‘De Avonden’, VPRO

"A gem of an idea."
Author K. Schippers on Dutch national radio ‘Met het Oog op Morgen’, NOS

On the banks of the Lemmer-Delfzijl waterway which flows like a living artery through the Dutch provinces of Groningen and Fryslân, on Friday September 1st 2006, eighty-four biographers wrote the ‘Biography of the Lemmer-Delfzijl waterway’. The 84 authors spent a whole day, each manning a different observation post along the length of the navigation route. They included well-known Dutch writers such as K. Schippers, Nicolaas Matsier, Pauline Slot, Maria Barnas and Hans Aarsman, but also specialists such as a geographer, a biologist, an agriculturalist, a historian, an anthropologist and someone who grew up in a sailor’s family. Followed closely by the press, they sat by bridges, locks, ferries, aqueducts, yacht-basins, industrial terrains, on campsites and on boats on the waterway. Their observations have been compiled in the biography, words fitting together giving to give form to the waterway.

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Title: Biography of the Lemmer-Delfzijl waterway
Concept/compiled by: Sjaak Langenberg and Vanessa van Dam
Graphic design: Vanessa van dam

Paperback: 340 pages
Publisher: Uitgeverij Noordboek, 2006
Language: Dutch
ISBN: 90 330 0581 6/978 90 330 0581 7
Product dimensions: 8,10 x 5,3x 1,26 inches

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Authors: Hans Aarsman, Jan Abrahamse, Carla Alma, Mowaffk Al-Sawad, Frank Antonie van Alphen, Maria Barnas, Wilco Berga, Vincent Bijlo, Wim Boetze, Pauline de Bok, Tijs van den Boomen, Matthijs van Boxsel, Nina van den Broek, Joris van Casteren, Maria van Daalen, Gunnar Daan, Daniël Dee, Henk Doevendans, Remco Ekkers, Marjolijn Februari, Fred Feddes, Michael Frijda, Karel F. Gildemacher, Jan Glas, Piet Glas, Wietze de Haan, Willem van der Ham, Jan Heida, Sicko Heldoorn, Rik Herngreen, Haro Hielkema, Sietse van der Hoek, Beno Hofman, Frank den Hollander, Ultsje Hosper, Edward Houting, Klaas Jansma, Petra Else Jekel, Swanhilde de Jong, Atte Jongstra, Peter Karstkarel, Edith Koenders, Annemarie Kok, Marga Kool, Douwe Kootstra, Gert Kortekaas, Ria Kraa, Saskia Kunst, Jelle Leenes, Eelke Lok, Eddie Marsman, Nicolaas Matsier, Peter Middendorp, Stefan Nieuwenhuis, Ineke Noordhoff, Ronald Ohlsen, Jannie Regnerus, Joyce Roodnat, Tjerk Ruimschotel, Herman Sandman, K. Schippers, Huib Schreurs, Meindert Schroor, Steven van Schuppen, Pauline Slot, Albertina Soepboer, Aafke Steenhuis, Arie Storm, Meindert Talma, Willem Tjerkstra, Jan Wiebe van Veen, Henk van der Veer, Anne Vegter, Pieter Verhoeff, Ilona Verhoeven, Piet Vollaard, Marjoleine de Vos, Abe de Vries, Johannes de Vries, Fons van Wanroij, Dirk van Weelden, Siem van der Woude, Miek Zwamborn en Gerrit Jan Zwier.





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