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Gaston Dorren

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Dutch writer
Gaston Dorren
Gaston Dorren in 2016
Gaston Dorren in 2016
Born(1965年05月31日)May 31, 1965
Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands
OccupationLanguage expert, writer, journalist
NationalityDutch
GenreNon-fiction
Notable works
  • Lingo (2014)
  • Babel (2018)
Website
languagewriter.com

Gaston Dorren is a Dutch language expert, journalist, and writer. He was born in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands and currently resides in Amersfoort, Netherlands with his wife Marleen Bekker.[1] Dorren is a polyglot who is able to speak six different languages and read nine more.[2] Dorren has achieved a modicum of international success, with Lingo being published in 12 different languages [3] and Babel in 15.[4] He also developed an app called The Language Lovers Guide to Europe,[5] but it is no longer available.

Dorren wrote his most recent work, Babel, entirely in both English and Dutch himself.[6] The book was awarded the Dutch Language Book Prize 2019 by the language magazine Onze Taal and the Belgian-Dutch cultural association ANV.[7] His works have received positive reviews from publications such as Kirkus Reviews,[8] [9] The Guardian,[10] [11] The Wall Street Journal,[12] and BBC [13]

Bibliography

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This bibliography only covers the books that have been written by Dorren, not the abundance of articles for various blogs, websites[14] and magazines throughout Europe.

Dutch publication English publication
Title Year Title Year
The Game of the Rose 1995
Nieuwe tongen 1999
Taaltoerisme 2012 Lingo[15] 2014
Vakantie in eigen taal 2016
Lingua 2017
Babel 2019 Babel 2018
De Dutchionary 2020
Zeven talen in zeven dagen 2022

References

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  1. ^ www.goodreads.com/author/show/609014.Gaston_Dorren
  2. ^ www.lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-do-they-know-of-english-who-only-english-know-on-gaston-dorrens-lingo-around-europe-in-sixty-languages-and-babel-around-the-world-in-twenty-languages/
  3. ^ languagewriter.com/lingo/editions/
  4. ^ languagewriter.com/editions/
  5. ^ groveatlantic.com/book/babel/
  6. ^ languagewriter.com/about/
  7. ^ onzetaal.nl/nieuws-en-dossiers/weblog/babel-van-gaston-dorren-krijgt-onze-taal-anv-taalboekenprijs
  8. ^ www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gaston-dorren/lingo-around-europe/
  9. ^ www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gaston-dorren/babel-dorren/
  10. ^ www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/28/lingo-a-language-spotters-guide-to-europe-by-gaston-dorren-review-learned-and-pleasantly-ironic
  11. ^ www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/02/babel-around-world-20-languages-gaston-dorren-review
  12. ^ www.wsj.com/articles/the-power-of-babel-1449263945
  13. ^ www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151127-ten-books-to-read-in-december
  14. ^ aeon.co/essays/why-is-linguistics-such-a-magnet-for-dilettantes-and-crackpots
  15. ^ Briefly reviewed in the February 22, 2016 issue of The New Yorker , p.77.
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