Language and science journalist Liesbeth Koenen passed away on Wednesday. Various fellow journalists report this on social media.
Koenen has worked as a journalist since 1986, including for NRC and Vrij Nederland. In addition, she was an editor at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) for 23 years and worked as a guest lecturer at the Post-academic Journalism Program (Erasmus University) and a columnist at De Telegraaf.
Koenen has also written numerous books. Koenen is praised on social media. She turned 62 years old.
what terrible news. sweet, fun, inspiring, passionate language journalist / colleague liesbeth koenen @LiesKoen died the day before yesterday, only 62 years old. what a loss, for family / loved ones, for colleagues, for language-loving Dutch, for everyone actually. 🙁
– ★ govertschilling (@govertschilling) August 21, 2020
Oh no, I just got word that happy, noisy, crazy language, opinionated, inspiring @LiesKoen Liesbeth Koenen has passed away. She was the first science journalist I ever met in person, and immediately felt welcome. What a shame #lieskoen
– Bruno van Wayenburg (@brunchik) August 21, 2020
beautiful pictures of @LiesKoen #liesbethkoenen. How much we enjoyed Liesbeth @NIAS_KNAW 2013-2014. Yesterday Liesbeth passed away. What a great loss. https://t.co/RzMW405x5h
– Anne Gerritsen (@gerritsen_anne) August 20, 2020
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