Naima El Bezaz

Naima El Bezaz (3 March 1974[2] – 7 August 2020)[3] was a Dutch writer of Moroccan origin. She also gave lectures and wrote stories, essays and columns.

Naima El Bezaz
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Naima El Bezaz
Born(1974-03-03)3 March 1974
Died7 August 2020(2020-08-07) (aged 46)
NationalityMoroccan-Dutch
OccupationWriter

In September 2006, her third and most controversial book appeared, De verstotene, which talked about controversial content and criticism of religious dogmatism.[4][5]

Bezaz died by suicide on 7 August 2020 in Alphen aan den Rijn, aged 46.[6]

Works

  • De weg naar het noorden (1995)
  • Minnares van de duivel (1999)
  • De verstotene (2006)
  • Het gelukssyndroom (2008)
  • Vinexvrouwen (2010)
  • Méér Vinexvrouwen (2012)
  • In dienst van de duivel (2013)

References

  1. ↑ Privacy settings. myprivacy.dpgmedia.net.[dead link]
  2. ↑ Straathof, Merel (18 December 2010). "Ik zeg nooit dat ik een goede schrijfster ben" (in nl). Het Parool (Amsterdam): 16. ""I am stuck with 3 March 1974 on my birth certificate, although I was born on 22 April. My grandfather would report my birth to the authorities but that did not happen until four years later."". 
  3. ↑ Schrijfster Naima El Bezaz (46) overleden (in nl). nos.nl (8 August 2020). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Biografie (in nl)Naima El Bezaz. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  5. ↑ Naima El Bezaz (in nl). Dichter aan huis. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  6. ↑ Nieuws: Naima El Bezaz (1974 – 2020) overleden (in nl). www.tzum.info. Retrieved 8 August 2020.