Hermine de Graaf

Hermine de Graaf (March 13, 1951 - November 24, 2013) was a Dutch novelist. De Graaf studied Dutch language and literature at the University of Amsterdam and worked as a teacher in Venray. Her debut as a writer was in 1984 with the publication of "Een kaart, niet het gebied", a collection of ten short stories. In 1988 De Graaf won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for her novel "De regels van het huis".