Marc de Bel included in ‘literary canon’: “I did not receive any subsidies to promote my books in China. Not literary enough”

188 books in 36 years. The list of achievements of writer Marc de Bel (68) looks particularly impressive. And yet the youth writer is only now receiving recognition for this, now that two of his classics have been included in the ‘Dutch-language literary canon’. “I have been accused of being popular. I was really persona non grata.”

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