Doeschka Meijsing

She subsequently held a position as a research assistant at the University of Amsterdam's Institute for Dutch Studies until 1978.

In 1974, her first collection of short stories De hanen en andere verhalen was published.

The guest lectures she gave at the University of Groningen have been collected in Hoe verliefd is de toeschouwer?

Major themes in Meijsing's work include the relationship between imagination and reality, the fascination for an admired person - and consequential jealousy - and time.

Her latest novel Over de liefde, published in 2008 and a recipient of the AKO Literature Prize, the F. Bordewijk Prize and the Opzij Literature Award, was inspired by her relationship with journalist Xandra Schutte.