Yvonne Keuls: ‘For thirty years I have been terribly maligned’ | Inland

Yvonne Keuls: “I did not dare to leave my house for months.”

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Yvonne Keuls, the 88-year-old grande dame of Dutch literature, still performs, even in times of corona. Keuls remains beloved by the general public, but by ‘officially the Netherlands’ the writer has felt ignored for decades. She fell out of favor after revelations about child abuse by high-ranking persons. “Suddenly all reviews and praise stopped.”

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