Gaston Dorren is a Dutch language expert, journalist, and writer. He was born in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands and currently resides in Amersfoort, Netherlands with his wife Marleen Bekker.[1] Dorren is a polyglot who is able to speak six different languages and read nine more.[2] Dorren has achieved a modicum of international success, with Lingo being published in 12 different languages [3] and Babel in 15.[4] He also developed an app called The Language Lovers Guide to Europe,[5] but it is no longer available.
Gaston Dorren | |
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 Gaston Dorren in 2016 | |
| Born | May 31, 1965 Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Language expert, writer, journalist |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notable works |
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| Website | |
| languagewriter | |
Dorren wrote his most recent work, Babel, entirely in both English and Dutch himself.[6] The book was awarded the Dutch Language Book Prize 2019 by the language magazine Onze Taal and the Belgian-Dutch cultural association ANV.[7] His works have received positive reviews from publications such as Kirkus Reviews,[8][9] The Guardian,[10][11] The Wall Street Journal,[12] and BBC[13]
Bibliography
editThis bibliography only covers the books that have been written by Dorren, not the abundance of articles for various blogs, websites[14] and magazines throughout Europe.
| Dutch publication | English publication | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Year | Title | Year |
| The Game of the Rose | 1995 | ||
| Nieuwe tongen | 1999 | ||
| Taaltoerisme | 2012 | Lingo[15] | 2014 |
| Vakantie in eigen taal | 2016 | ||
| Lingua | 2017 | ||
| Babel | 2019 | Babel | 2018 |
| De Dutchionary | 2020 | ||
| Zeven talen in zeven dagen | 2022 | ||
References
edit- ^ www
.goodreads .com /author /show /609014 .Gaston _Dorren - ^ www
.lareviewofbooks .org /article /what-do-they-know-of-english-who-only-english-know-on-gaston-dorrens-lingo-around-europe-in-sixty-languages-and-babel-around-the-world-in-twenty-languages / - ^ languagewriter
.com /lingo /editions / - ^ languagewriter
.com /editions / - ^ groveatlantic
.com /book /babel / - ^ languagewriter
.com /about / - ^ onzetaal
.nl /nieuws-en-dossiers /weblog /babel-van-gaston-dorren-krijgt-onze-taal-anv-taalboekenprijs - ^ www
.kirkusreviews .com /book-reviews /gaston-dorren /lingo-around-europe / - ^ www
.kirkusreviews .com /book-reviews /gaston-dorren /babel-dorren / - ^ www
.theguardian .com /books /2014 /nov /28 /lingo-a-language-spotters-guide-to-europe-by-gaston-dorren-review-learned-and-pleasantly-ironic - ^ www
.theguardian .com /books /2019 /aug /02 /babel-around-world-20-languages-gaston-dorren-review - ^ www
.wsj .com /articles /the-power-of-babel-1449263945 - ^ www
.bbc .com /culture /article /20151127-ten-books-to-read-in-december - ^ aeon
.co /essays /why-is-linguistics-such-a-magnet-for-dilettantes-and-crackpots - ^ Briefly reviewed in the February 22, 2016 issue of The New Yorker, p.77.
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