[1][2] Marsman was born in Den Bosch and grew up in Zaltbommel and did her final school exams in 2008 at the Cambium College.

In April 2018, a malignant bone tumour was discovered in her upper back; a (successful) operation was needed to remove it.

[4] This collection was translated into English by British poet Sophie Collins, who grew up in Bergen (North-Holland).

In the same months she was named as Dutch Poet Laureate Dichter des Vaderlands for the period 2021 to 2023, following Tsead Bruinja.

[5] On 14 August 2022, she was a guest on the NPO 2 programme Zomergasten, interviewed by Janine Abbring about her life, poetry and illness.